Date

30 October 2013

Related countries

Australia

Related issues

Corruption

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(Jubilee Australia, Sydney, 15 October 2013) In the past two weeks corporate Australia has been rocked by reports of bribes being paid by one of the country’s largest companies, Leighton Holdings. These bribes were supported by Australian taxpayers’ money, handed out by a little-known and secretive government body called the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC).