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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Harry Davies and David Pegg

Serious Fraud Office drops 10-year corruption inquiry into Kazakh miner ENRC

Pedestrians walk past a Serious Fraud Office sign outside the agency’s headquarters
Closure of the ENRC case concludes a complex investigation that has hung over the Serious Fraud Office. Photograph: Russell Hart/Alamy

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has abandoned a criminal investigation into the Kazakh mining group ENRC, ending a decade-long corruption inquiry mired in controversy.

The SFO updated its website on Thursday with a notice that it had closed the case after concluding there was “insufficient admissible evidence” to prosecute the company.

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