Since the U.K.’s Bribery Act 2010 came into force (on July 1, 2011) the last 18 months have not been filled with the enforcement activity som e expected or hoped for. Rather than headline-grabbing dawn raids by the Serious Fraud Office, or big name takedowns, the first case to reach prosecution was of a much lower profile. The lack of big name cases does not mean, however, that the enforcement authorities have been lax, nor that the Bribery Act is toothless.
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