U.K. Drops Bribery Probe Into De La Rue Banknotes for South Sudan
De La Rue Plc won the contract to supply the South Sudan pound when the African nation became independent following a split with the north in 2011.
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U.K. prosecutors dropped a bribery investigation into De La Rue Plc related to South Sudan that had made shares of the banknote and passport printer slump to their lowest since October 1998 when the probe was opened last year.