Progress for SFO’s Sweett Group probe

London-based Sweett Group has admitted to an offence under section 7 of the UK Bribery Act for conduct in the Middle East, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said in early December. Section 7 concerns the failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery. The SFO in July 2014 opened an investigation into Sweett’s activities in the UAE and elsewhere. Sweett notified the SFO in 2013 about an allegation of impropriety concerning the conduct of a former employee.