UK fraud agency boss expects to move quickly in Airbus inquiry

(Reuters, London, 12 October 2016) Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is working with French authorities in its investigation into alleged fraud, bribery and corruption at European aerospace group Airbus (AIR.PA) and expects to proceed “fairly quickly”, its head said on Wednesday. The SFO launched a criminal inquiry in August into Airbus’ use of third-party agents to win commercial jet sales after the company’s compliance teams informed Britain’s export credit agency, which arranges credit guarantees for overseas sales, of inaccuracies.