An Airbus A350 in flight at the Farnoborough Salon, in south-west England, on 12 July 2016. (Illustration) (AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS)
the UK has opened a criminal investigation against the Airbus group, on suspicion of corruption, said Sunday evening August 7 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the body UK for the fight against corruption.
“These allegations relate to irregularities third consultants” the SFO said in a statement. The SF0 “opened an investigation on suspicion of fraud, bribery, corruption and wine Airbus in civil aviation activity,” said later the Airbus in a statement, noting that intended “to cooperate with the SFO.”
A spokesman for the SFO said no further information would be made public before the outcome of the investigation.
“SOME INACCURACIES “
in April, the British agency export credit (UK export Finance or Ukef) announced that it had sent a dossier for Airbus to SFO on the use by the intermediate group abroad. The European aircraft manufacturer had himself announced that some of its requests for financing export credits in the UK contained errors and that he “had informed the competent authorities in the UK to its own conclusions regarding certain inaccuracies in the application forms. ”
Impact: Ukef suspended the export credits granted to Airbus. France and Germany had then done the same.
RISK OF FINE?
Airbus is the largest commercial aerospace company in the UK and its net profit soared 15% in the first half. Its half-year net profit reached 1.76 billion euros.La company had to move a heavy load of just over one billion euros as a result of various delays and technical problems of military transport aircraft A400M.Une additional $ 385 million has also been provisioned for the latest addition to its airliners, the A350, faced with the difficulties of its subcontractors.
These charges are however covered by some 1.9 billion euros of capital gains realized on the occasion of the creation of Airbus, Safran Launchers and sale of shares in Dassault Aviation.
If these accusations ” fraud, bribery, corruption and wine “are confirmed, the manufacturer could face a heavy fine believes France Info.
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