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Corruption in DR re Tucano aircraft in the open
A release from the US Department of Justice states that the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer S.A. (Embraer) has agreed to pay a penalty of more than US$107 million in connection with schemes involving bribery of government officials in the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia and Mozambique, and to pay millions more in falsely recorded payments in India via a sham agency agreement.
The bribes enabled the sale of the aircraft in unfair competition with US-made brands. Embraer is accused of accepting corruption as part of the cost of doing business.
The US Department of Justice informs: ?According to the company?s admissions, Embraer executives and employees paid bribes to government officials and falsified books and records in connection with aircraft sales to foreign governments and state-owned entities in multiple countries. In 2008, Embraer paid US$3.52 million to an influential government official in the Dominican Republic via a false agency agreement to secure a contract to sell the Dominican Air Force eight military aircraft (Super Tucanos) for approximately US$92 million.?
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/embra...es-act-charges
Also Bloomberg.....http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...eal-with-u-s-and-brazil-over-corruption-probe
And just after Danilo has sought examples of government corruption from US Ambassador.
What next?
Corruption in DR re Tucano aircraft in the open
A release from the US Department of Justice states that the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer S.A. (Embraer) has agreed to pay a penalty of more than US$107 million in connection with schemes involving bribery of government officials in the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia and Mozambique, and to pay millions more in falsely recorded payments in India via a sham agency agreement.
The bribes enabled the sale of the aircraft in unfair competition with US-made brands. Embraer is accused of accepting corruption as part of the cost of doing business.
The US Department of Justice informs: ?According to the company?s admissions, Embraer executives and employees paid bribes to government officials and falsified books and records in connection with aircraft sales to foreign governments and state-owned entities in multiple countries. In 2008, Embraer paid US$3.52 million to an influential government official in the Dominican Republic via a false agency agreement to secure a contract to sell the Dominican Air Force eight military aircraft (Super Tucanos) for approximately US$92 million.?
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/embra...es-act-charges
Also Bloomberg.....http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...eal-with-u-s-and-brazil-over-corruption-probe
And just after Danilo has sought examples of government corruption from US Ambassador.
What next?