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09 Sep 2008
The first cases in the Serious Fraud Office's ‘partnerships’ with the City will be unveiled soon, according to watchdog director Richard Alderman.
Alderman, an SFO outsider brought in earlier this year – told the Financial Times the new approach of working more closely with big business and other watchdogs would help resolve problems which had long hampered the fight against corporate fraud and bribery.
Alderman said the SFO would continue to bring cases to court but would also do US-style deals under which businesses would be offered leniency in exchange for confessions.
‘There has been some comment in the press ... that we are not interested in taking on big cases. Well, we are - but we are interested in doing them in a different way in the future,’ he said.
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