Airbus notified investors of the potential issues in April, saying that the discovery of irregularities had emerged “in the context of its internal compliance improvement programme”. The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal investigation into defence and aviation firm, Airbus, over allegations of bribery, corruption and fraud relating to third party consultants. Airbus self-reported the suspect activity to the SFO. In an email sent on Friday morning, the SFO said it had received information from its UK counterpart that “serious questions have been raised about possible bribery or corruption” in relation to work carried out
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal investigation into defence and aviation firm, Airbus, over allegations of bribery, corruption and fraud relating to third party consultants. Airbus self-reported the suspect activity to the SFO. In an email sent on Friday morning, the SFO said it had received information from its UK counterpart that “serious questions have been raised about possible bribery or corruption” in relation to work carried out