Australian executive arrested and charged over alleged foreign bribery

FORMER Leighton Holdings executive Russell John Waugh has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police and appeared in court for allegedly bribing the Iraqi government to secure A$2 billion worth of oil service contracts.

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He has been charged with multiple foreign bribery offences over an intricate scandal involving more than A$2 billion worth of oil project construction contracts in the Middle East.