Canada's SNC-Lavalin settles Libya bribery case that shook Trudeau government

FILE PHOTO: An SNC Lavalin logo is pictured in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) - A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc pleaded guilty to fraud and will pay a C$280 million (£164.08 million) fine, the company said on Wednesday, in a case related to projects in Libya that engulfed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in crisis.

The construction and engineering company reached a settlement after being accused of bribing Libyan officials to get contracts between 2001 and 2011.