The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office is stepping up its anti-bribery efforts, continuing work on two cases involving alleged infractions of subsidiaries of U.K.-based companies which took place on foreign ground.

The SFO announced in a one-sentence press release on its Website this week that its director has opened an investigation into the Sweett Group related to the construction firm’s activities in the United Arab Emirates โ€œand elsewhere.โ€