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Landmark bribery case goes to trial

By Michael Peel, Legal Correspondent

Published: December 1 2009 10:00 | Last updated: December 1 2009 23:24

The Serious Fraud Office launched its first prosecution of a British executive for corruption overseas on Tuesday, over an alleged conspiracy to bribe Greek officials to buy medical products from Johnson & Johnson, the US healthcare giant.

Robert John Dougall, a former vice-president of DePuy International, a Leeds-based subsidiary of J&J, was sent to face trial on the graft charge next year.

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