Two anti-corruption groups have started legal action aimed at wrecking a controversial plea bargain reached between the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office and arms company BAE Systems.
The SFO had spent years investigating suspicions that BAE used bribery and corruption to secure deals worth billions of pounds in several countries, but ten days ago it unveiled a deal that would see the company plead guilty to a charge of poor recordkeeping and accept a fine of just £30 million ($47 million).
