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​US, UK, Australia launch Unaoil probe as more companies implicated in bribery scandal

( April 1, 2016, 02:56 GMT | Insight) -- The FBI, the US Department of Justice and anti-corruption police in Britain and Australia have launched a joint investigation into revelations of a massive global bribery racket in the oil industry centered on Monaco-based consulting company Unaoil, the Huffington Post reports. The FBI, the US Department of Justice and anti-corruption police in Britain and Australia have launched a joint investigation into revelations of a massive global bribery racket in the oil industry centered on Monaco-based consulting company Unaoil, the Huffington Post reports. The scandal, which has already implicated Leighton Holdings, has now also dragged in Australian engineering giant WorleyParsons, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. US giants Halliburton and Kellogg, Brown & Root are among the other corporate players embroiled in the Unaoil revelations, the report added. In a statement, the Monaco government also said it was helping the UK’s Serious Fraud Office investigate the vast corruption scandal, the Guardian reported....

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