Two former employees of Smith & Ouzman Ltd (“SO”) were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court yesterday for foreign bribery offences. Key facts 1.       SO is an Eastbourne-based printing company that specialises in security documents, such as ballot papers. 2.       A jury found that between 1 November 2006 and 31 December 2010, corrupt payments totalling £395,074 […]

This case is the first time a British company has been found guilty of bribing foreign agents, and follows an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). A Sussex printing firm’s director has been jailed for three years after being convicted of bribing public officials in Africa to win business contracts. Smith and Ouzman Ltd […]