Printing Company Fined £2.2 Million in United Kingdom for Africa Bribes

On January 8, the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office announced that Smith and Ouzman Ltd, a printing company specializing in official documents such as election ballots, was ordered to pay penalties totaling £2.2 million following its 2014 conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.  The SFO’s announcement regarding the sentencing stated that its investigation began in 2010 and centered on £395,074 in corrupt payments made to foreign officials in Kenya and Mauritania.  Two of the company’s former employees, also convicted in connection with the same investigation, were ordered to pay penalties totaling over £20,000.