Collapse of bribery prosecution exposes wider disclosure failings at fraud agency

The UK Serious Fraud Office has dropped its prosecution against former executives of London Mining following a decade-long investigation, after problems emerged with its evidence review software that could impact more than a dozen cases.

The SFO said in a hearing at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday that it was offering no evidence and the three defendants in the case were formally acquitted by the judge.

https://www.ft.com/content/0fe2cac3-0794-4bd4-9acb-31b35b463312