Saudi Arabia: SFO questions Airbus employees

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been questioning current and former Airbus Group employees in connection with possible corruption at GPT Special Project Management (GPT), a subsidiary of Airbus, in relation to its Saudi contracts. Airbus, previously known as EADS, said in a statement to media that it “understands that four former and current employees were recently interviewed – along with MoD [British Ministry of Defence] officials – as part of a wide-ranging SFO investigation into subsidiary GPT”.