Daimler being sued in 22 countries offering fine faced 1.85 billion
Economic Observer reporter Wang Fang according to the United States to the New York Times this morning's news, United States Department of Justice recently sued Daimler company, in the last ten years at least 22 countries offering tens of millions of dollars for overseas business.
One insider, Daimler company agreed to sign an agreement to pay a fine end 1.85 million United States regulatory Department Survey.
Daimler in New York's spokesman said, Hann on 1 April hearings before the Daimler does not publish any comments.
Washington, d.c., the Federal Court, the prosecution had previously expressed, from 1998 to 2008, Daimler in China, Egypt, Greece and Russia and other countries offering bribes, mainly used for ensuring Governments customers buying their worth millions of dollars of automobile sin. As a result, Daimler and its three subsidiaries was charged with "conspiracy and violations of the foreign corrupt practices Act". These three subsidiaries are Daimler export and trade finance company, Daimler Chrysler China Ltd., DaimlerChrysler Russia Sao Paulo car company.
According to court documents show that Daimler bribery means very sophisticated, through the use of offshore bank accounts, deceptive pricing as well as in the guise of the third party intermediary in the name of a bribery overseas clients, while at the same time in the company as the "Committee for special discounts or generates the necessary payment".
In addition to the main list listed above, Daimler also involve bribery country: Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Latvia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam.
(Economic observation network)
[Edit: leotao]