Bahraini minister tried to intervene in UK bribery case, court hears | Reuters:
"* Businessman on trial in UK over alleged Bahrain bribery
* Court sees letter from Bahraini deputy prime minister
* Witness says Serious Fraud Office not swayed by letter
* Sensitive trial comes at time of unrest in Bahrain
By Estelle Shirbon
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - A deputy prime minister of Bahrain sought to intervene in a British bribery prosecution by writing to the head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and to the British government's legal adviser, a London court heard on Thursday.
Lawyers said Jawad bin Salem al-Urayed wrote about the case of Victor Dahdaleh, a businessman accused of paying some $67 million in bribes to former managers of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) in return for a cut of contracts worth over $3 billion.
One of Britain's biggest bribery trials for years, the case involves allegations of corruption at senior levels of government and business in Bahrain, a sensitive issue at a time of political unrest in the secretive Gulf kingdom."
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