Italian authorities are investigating alleged corruption acts by the Italian engineering firm, Maire Tecnimont SpA. The company is the co-contractor with the Brazilian firm Odebrecht, of the Punta Catalina thermoelectric central, the largest public work underway by the Medina administration.
The Italian government began the investigation at the request of the non-governmental organization, Common. Fianza Report, an Italian publication, says that the company paid bribes of 2% of the total worth of the contracted US$1.9 billion.
As reported in Corriere Della Sera, the company has said it would cooperate fully with the authorities. It clarified it exclusively offered engineering and procurement services for the coal-fired power plant.
In the Dominican Republic, the Attorney General excluded investigating the Punta Catalina power plant from the Odebrecht bribes case.
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Corriere
18 March 2019