The SFO has commenced criminal proceedings against an Alstom company by written charge as part of an ongoing investigation. Alstom Network UK Ltd, formerly called Alstom International Ltd, a UK subsidiary of Alstom, has been charged with three offences of corruption contrary to section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, as well as three offences of conspiracy to corrupt contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. The alleged offences, which concern large transport projects in India, Poland and Tunisia, are said to have taken place between 1 June 2000 and 20 November 2006.