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Second-ever UK 'failure to prevent' bribery case dropped by prosecutors

By Martin Coyle ( December 20, 2019, 12:59 GMT | Insight) -- The UK company facing the second-ever contested “failure to prevent” case under the country’s bribery laws has had the case against it dropped, court officials have told MLex.The UK company facing the second-ever contested "failure to prevent" case under the country's bribery laws has had the case against it dropped, court officials have told MLex.  Oxfordshire-based Rapid Engineering Supplies had faced charges under section 7 of the UK Bribery Act, in that it had failed to put procedures in place to prevent bribery between December 2011 and March 2013. But at a hearing yesterday at London's Southwark Crown Court, prosecutors dropped the case against the engineering services and parts company, saying they had insufficient evidence to proceed. An official at the court confirmed that the trial, which had been due to start in March, would no longer go ahead....

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