Corruption/ Bribery scheme in sale of naval ships

Two British businessmen have been arrested on suspicion of bribing a Norwegian official alleged to be involved the controversial sale of six former naval vessels to a Nigerian private security company.

A joint investigation by the City of London’s Overseas Anti-Corruption Unit  (OACU) and their counterparts in Norway, Okokrim, examined how the former warships, including missile-torpedo boats (MTBs), ended up under the control of a former Niger Delta militant who now runs privatised national security contracts worth millions of dollars that have been authorised by the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Detectives from the OACU arrested a man in his early 40s at his home in Alfreton, Derbyshire, and a man in his late 50s at an address in East Molesey, Surrey. The two are alleged to have made payments to a Norwegian civil servant totalling more than $150,000 (£100,000).

Two British businessmen arrested on suspicion ofinvolvement in sale of warships to Nigerian security company