Sweett Sentence Provides Guidance for DPAs

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After its guilty plea to an offence under the UK Bribery Act, Sweett Group PLC was sentenced on February 19, 2016 at Southwark Crown Court, and ordered to pay a total £2.25 million penalty for the offence. The international construction and property consultancy had admitted failure to prevent bribery, an offence under section 7 of the Bribery Act, after its staff were found to have paid bribes in order to secure and retain a £1.6 million contract with Al Ain Ahlia Insurance Company (AAAI) to build a £63 million luxury hotel in Dubai...

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