Criminal case
Serious Fraud Office v. Airbus SE
- Authority
- Court of England and Wales, approved by the President of the Queen's Bench Division
- Case number
- Not published
- Filed or opened
- 31 January 2020
- Organization
- Airbus SE
- Current stage
- Deferred prosecution agreement approved on 31 January 2020.
- Outcome
- Deferred prosecution agreement. No conviction.
Decisions and steps
- EUR 991 million DPA approved on five counts of failing to prevent briberyS2
Claims this case bears on
- Supported91The US Justice Department and the UK Serious Fraud Office said in January 2020 that Airbus used third-party business partners and agents to bribe officials and customers to win contracts.Regulator statement, 31 January 20203 records citedBribery
Sources
- S2Tier A SFO enters into €991m Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Airbus as part of a €3.6bn global resolutionSerious Fraud Office. Regulator press release. 31 January 2020.Supports the UK DPA, the five counts, the five countries and the use of agents. It does not state the DPA's expiry.