Thursday, August 11, 2016

Corruption Currents: U.K. Export Agency Grounds Airbus Deals Amid Bribery Probe

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Corruption CurrentsU.K. Export Agency Grounds Airbus Deals Amid Bribery Probe.


The U.K. export agency grounded Airbus AG’s deals until it’s assured the company improves its handing of overseas agents. (Times).
Airbus customers have taken almost half of the UK export finance providedPASCAL LE SEGRETAIN/GETTY IMAGES

British taxpayers have supported more than £11 billion of funding in 220 separate deals in the past decade to sell aircraft built by Airbus, the Franco-German company that is under criminal investigation for bribery and corruption in its sales practices.
Britain’s export credit agency confirmed it would not do any more Airbus deals until it had received satisfactory assurances about “current practice with regard to overseas agents”.


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