UK printer of Dublin’s Euro election ballot papers charged with corruption

A company that printed ballot papers for the last European elections has been charged with corruption in England.

Smith & Ouzman Limited, an English company, won the Department of the Environment contract to print ballot papers and notice posters in Dublin for the 2009 election.

It has won similar contracts around the world. The firm, two of its directors, an employee, and an agent have all been charged with paying more than £413,552 to secure deals in Mauritania, Ghana, Somaliland, and Kenya.