Australian former executive charged with bribery offences over African plot
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A former senior executive of infrastructure giant Leighton Holdings has been charged with conspiring to pay up to $4 million in bribes to high-ranking Tanzanian officials to win an $84 million contract for the Australian company.
The charges against former managing director of Leighton Offshore Russell Waugh come after the businessman was charged in November over separate allegations that he masterminded a bribery plot on behalf of Leighton in Iraq.
Russell Waugh leaving Brisbane Magistrates Court on bail after his arrest on bribery charges in November.
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Former Leighton Holdings executive David Savage has been charged over his alleged role in the international Unaoil scandal, which involved bribery of senior officials in oil-producing nations to secure lucrative contracts.
Mr Savage, the former chief operating officer of the prominent Australian infrastructure firm, was arrested by Australian Federal Police officers upon his release from hotel quarantine in Sydney s CBD on Monday morning. He was granted bail at Sydney Central Local Court in the afternoon.
Former Leighton executive David Savage has been arrested over his alleged role in the Unaoil corruption scandal.
The prosecution of Mr Savage, 60, is a major development in Australia s longest-running bribery investigation, focused on Leighton s bribery of Iraqi officials in order to win oil pipeline construction contracts.