Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Bribing & Corruption(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/2024 | Pfizer | Top European prosecutors are investigating allegations of criminal wrongdoing such as "interference in public functions, destruction of SMS, corruption and conflict of interest" in connection with vaccine negotiations between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the CEO of Pfizer. | Liège, Belgium | Poltico | Bribing & Corruption, Fraud, Lobbying | |
| 24/08/2017 | Samsung | Head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to five years in jail for bribery, hiding assets abroad, embezzlement, concealing criminal proceeds and perjury. Lee was convicted over payments of 43bn won ($36.4m; £30.3m) made to South Korean's former president's confidante's foundations, as well as for giving a horse and several million dollars to assist the equestrian career of her daughter, in anticipation of favours and government support over Samsung's major merger restructuring. | South Korea | Reuters, BBC, The New York Times | Bribing & Corruption, Embezzlement, Fraud, Lobbying, Perjury | |
| 04/11/2010 | Noble Corporation | Noble charged on paying approximately $74,000 to a Nigerian freight forwarding agent, acknowledged that certain employees knew that some of the payments would be passed on as bribes to Nigerian customs officials, and admitted that the company falsely recorded the bribe payments as legitimate business expenses in its corporate books, records and accounts. Criminal penalty - $2.59 million. | Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Pride International | Pride paid a total of approximately $800,000 in bribes directly and indirectly to government officials in Venezuela, India and Mexico. The bribes were paid to extend drilling contracts for three rigs operating offshore in Venezuela; to secure a favorable administrative judicial decision relating to a customs dispute for a rig imported into India; and to avoid the payment of customs duties and penalties relating to a rig and equipment operating in Mexico. Criminal penalty - $32.625 million. | Venezuela, India and Mexico | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Tidewater | Tidewater Marine charged with paying approximately $160,000 in bribes paid through its employees and agents to tax inspectors in Azerbaijan to improperly secure favorable tax assessments, and paying approximately $1.6 million in bribes through Panalpina to Nigerian customs officials to induce the officials to disregard Nigerian customs regulations relating to the importation of vessels into Nigerian waters. Criminal penalty - $7.35 million. | Azerbaijan & Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Transocean | Transocean charged with paying approximately $90,000 in bribes to Nigerian customs officials to circumvent Nigerian customs regulations. Criminal penalty - $13.44 million. | Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell subsidiary (SNEPCO) charged on paying approximately $2 million to its subcontractors with the knowledge that some or all of the money would be paid as bribes to Nigerian customs officials by a freight forwarding company to import materials and equipment into Nigeria. Criminal penalty - $30 million. | Nigeria | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 04/11/2010 | Panalpina | Panalpina pleads guilty on engaging in a scheme to pay bribes to numerous foreign officials on behalf of many of its customers in the oil and gas industry between 2002 and 2007. It paid thousands of bribes totaling at least $27 million to foreign officials in at least seven countries, including Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Russia and Turkmenistan. Criminal penalty - $70.56 million. | Fresno 52, Villas de Sopeña, 36119 Silao, Gto., Mexico | US Department of Justice | Bribing & Corruption | |
| 09/12/2009 - 01/01/2007 | Bureau Veritas | Two year investigation found incidents of overwhelming corruption including: extortion, accepting bribes, retaliatory audits, transportation requests, food services requests in 10 out of 19 audits conducted by BV. | Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Bribing & Corruption, Fraud | |
| 30/06/2006 - 01/06/2006 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Chinese government worked to suppress news story that exposed poor working conditions in Foxconn's iPod factory. | China | Macworld | Bribing & Corruption |