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New bribery act 'has massive reach'

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The new Bribery Act has come into force, creating corporate offences for offering or receiving bribes, and a tough new law for failing to prevent bribery.

Vivian Robinson of the Serious Fraud Office describes the biggest overhaul of bribery law since 1889.


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