Libya

Originally Posted by Owenski

We had a staff meeting in the office last week relating to the 3years we've spent chasing work over there. Apparently we'd just spent another 60k (we dont have) in order to secure a bid for a massive shopping centre/hotel complex a £250million contract but thanks to our proposal (back hander) we were nailed on to be granted it...
Guess who's prob gonna be out of a job now as the company tries to recover its lost 60k

If they did give out a back hander out then your company has committed some staggeringly serious criminal offences in the UK which carry fines which can ably bankrupt the entire company and prison sentences for those responsible (likely directors) of up to 10 years. If you lose your job as a result of this then it is the criminal actions of directors that are entirely to blame as they not only risked your job but those of the entire company by breaking criminal laws which have existed in this country since at least the late 19th century.

If you think they've managed to obscufate and hide back handers through legitimate sounding accounting then consider the legions of creative accountants BAE had to hide their bribery, yet still they ended up settling out of court for a little over a quarter of a billion pounds.

Originally Posted by Reeder

Very fair point, however one would like to think that there would possibly be some RAF air support flying round just outside their airspace to escort them just in case? If not... then why not?

They're all getting scrapped remember?

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Originally Posted by MiniMatt

If they did give out a back hander out then your company has committed some staggeringly serious criminal offences in the UK which carry fines which can ably bankrupt the entire company and prison sentences for those responsible (likely directors) of up to 10 years. If you lose your job as a result of this then it is the criminal actions of directors that are entirely to blame as they not only risked your job but those of the entire company by breaking criminal laws which have existed in this country since at least the late 19th century.

If you think they've managed to obscufate and hide back handers through legitimate sounding accounting then consider the legions of creative accountants BAE had to hide their bribery, yet still they ended up settling out of court for a little over a quarter of a billion pounds.

Maybe so, but I think everyone understands this is the way of things over there.

Who pays wins

Originally Posted by tactcom7

They're all getting scrapped remember?

Oh yeah.

Send in dad's army?

Originally Posted by Reeder

Oh yeah.

Send in dad's army?

I think they're all dead

Edit: apart from Pike, 'Don't tell em your name Pike!' Classic....

****. We're ****ing ****ed!

Originally Posted by maviczap

Maybe so, but I think everyone understands this is the way of things over there.

Who pays wins

Which is exactly why it's been such a serious criminal offence over here for so long. Further corrupting already corrupt regimes serves no-one.

I seriously cannot overstate how staggeringly seriously this is taken. The Serious Fraud Office is now responsible for investigating and just in the last two days we have two convictions involving multi million pound fines and (albeit suspended) prison sentences for UK engineering firms:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...se-for-7m.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-curr...ogle_news_blog

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Originally Posted by tactcom7

I think they're all dead

Corporal Jones is still with us

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Originally Posted by MiniMatt

Which is exactly why it's been such a serious criminal offence over here for so long. Further corrupting already corrupt regimes serves no-one.

I seriously cannot overstate how staggeringly seriously this is taken. The Serious Fraud Office is now responsible for investigating and just in the last two days we have two convictions involving multi million pound fines and (albeit suspended) prison sentences for UK engineering firms:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...se-for-7m.html

http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-curr...ogle_news_blog

I'm not disagreeing with you

Originally Posted by maviczap

Corporal Jones is still with us

Really?!