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Jailed Unaoil executive poised to learn fate of UK bribery conviction appeal

By Martin Coyle
  • 09 Dec 2021 11:39
  • 09 Dec 2021 11:39
A former Unaoil executive jailed for bribery last year will learn the fate of his appeal against his conviction and prison sentence tomorrow.

Ziad Akle was sentenced to five years in jail in June 2020 for bribing an Iraqi official to win oil contracts worth millions of dollars for Monaco-based oi

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Martin Coyle

Senior Correspondent


Martin Coyle is a senior correspondent, based in MLex's London office, reporting daily on bribery and corruption issues in the UK and Europe. Previously he was a senior editor at Thomson Reuters where he covered anti-money laundering, financial crime and regulatory enforcement issues. Prior to that he was editor of The Accountant, the world's oldest accounting publication, and International Accounting Bulletin, a bi-monthly business journal owned by Lafferty.

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