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Comment: Abandoning BAT probe resurrects capability questions for UK's fraud prosecutor

By Martin Coyle ( January 15, 2021, 16:50 GMT | Comment) -- The UK's Serious Fraud Office faces familiar, uncomfortable questions about its ability to prosecute companies after news that it has added to a high-profile string of failed probes with the dropping of an investigation into British American Tobacco. The question of value for money also looms, as the probe, launched in 2017, cost more than 2.3 million pounds.British American Tobacco can breathe a sigh of relief at news today that UK fraud investigators have closed a probe against it. The Serious Fraud Office, however, faces familiar, uncomfortable questions about its ability to prosecute companies....

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