Saudi Arabia: SFO denies it is dropping GPT investigation

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has played down reports it is poised to drop an investigation into allegations of bribery made against EADS subsidiary GPT Special Project Management related to contracts in Saudi Arabia. On 25 April, investigative news website Exaronews.com quoted an SFO insider as saying the investigation was effectively already dead, and that SFO director David Green was working out how to manage the politically sensitive decision to drop it.