British-linked businesses are the prime foreign targets of US corporate bribery probes, according to research published by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on Monday that highlights how UK companies and executives are being caught up in Washington’s purge on international corporate corruption. The cases – which can lead to huge corporate fines and jail sentences for executives – are likely to add to international pressure on Britain to mount corruption prosecutions of its own after its much-criticised scrapping of a probe into BAE Systems’ Saudi Arabian arms deals, the FT said.

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