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After Delay, U.K. Anti-Bribery Law to Be Implemented Within the Year

By Colby Adams

A stringent new British anti-bribery law will be implemented before the end of the year despite concerns from the business community and the Cameron government, according to the measure's authors. The U.K. Bribery Act, passed in April 2010, outlaws bribes or "facilitation" payments to foreign officials used to secure international business contracts. In January, Prime Minister David Cameron's office said it was pushing back the law's April enforcement deadline after businesses complained that the measure would leave the country at a competitive disadvantage. But the delay is likely to be a relatively short one, with the rules likely to be...

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