FH Bertling sentenced for $20m Angolan bribery scheme 3 June, 2019 | News Releases
Today FH Bertling Ltd was handed an £850,000 fine for a bribery scheme created to secure contracts in Angola.
Through that corruption, the company ‘won’ and retained $20m worth of freight forwarding services contracts for the company, paying bribes amounting to $350,000, resulting in 7 convictions against the company and its employees.
The 4 year investigation and prosecution by the SFO targeted FH Bertling’s involvement in an oil project in Angola, with employees bribing a local state oil company official to secure $20m worth of shipping contracts.
Serious Fraud Office
https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/06/03/fh-bertling-sentenced-for-20m-angolan-bribery-scheme/