Australian former executive charged with bribery offences over African plot
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A former senior executive of infrastructure giant Leighton Holdings has been charged with conspiring to pay up to $4 million in bribes to high-ranking Tanzanian officials to win an $84 million contract for the Australian company.
The charges against former managing director of Leighton Offshore Russell Waugh come after the businessman was charged in November over separate allegations that he masterminded a bribery plot on behalf of Leighton in Iraq.
Russell Waugh leaving Brisbane Magistrates Court on bail after his arrest on bribery charges in November.
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