Aziz Rahman tells The Times about the SFO’s challenges after the quashing of an Unaoil bribery conviction
With Serious Fraud Office (SFO) disclosure failings leading to the bribery conviction of an ex-Unaoil executive being quashed, The Times asked Aziz Rahman for his thoughts on the case.
Aziz said that the quashing of Ziad Akle’s conviction was a damning judgement on the SFO, especially as it prompted the Attorney General to begin a review of the agency.
He explained that the SFO now faces the challenge of having to persuade the Attorney General — and by extension the government — that it is fit for purpose.
The agency also has to convince the business world and its equivalent agencies in other countries – which it has to work with on cross-border investigations – that it is capable of doing the job it is required to do.
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