Criminal case
SFO investigation into the Rio Tinto Group
- Authority
- Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom)
- Case number
- Not published
- Filed or opened
- 24 July 2017
- Organization
- Rio Tinto plc
- Current stage
- Closed in August 2023
- Outcome
- Closed without charges. An Australian Federal Police investigation was live as of August 2023S7.
Decisions and steps
Claims this case bears on
- Outdated86The UK Serious Fraud Office was investigating the Rio Tinto Group over suspected corruption in its Guinea business, as announced in July 2017.Regulator statement, 24 July 20174 records citedBribery
Sources
- S3Tier C UK Closes Long-Running Rio Tinto, ENRC Probes With No Charge (3)Bloomberg Law. Press report. 24 August 2023.Report by Katharine Gemmell on the SFO closure and its stated reason.Link working, checked 25 October 2026
- S7Tier A Rio Tinto groupSerious Fraud Office. Regulator press release. 24 August 2023.SFO case page, first published 24 July 2017 and updated 24 August 2023, read on the SFO's Welsh language site. Supports the opening, the closure on public interest grounds and a live Australian Federal Police investigation as of August 2023.