Another sprawling investigation, into French engineering company Alstom, ended with a UK subsidiary of the company, Alstom Network UK Ltd, ordered to pay £16.4 million – consisting of a £15 million fine and £1.4 million in costs – for conspiracy to corrupt in connection with a contract to supply trams in Tunisia. 8 Having run for a decade and covered multiple jurisdictions, the penalty is the final chapter of a case in which the SFO obtained convictions against three individuals and two companies. A further five individuals, and one company, were acquitted.