Airbus has agreed with the criminal authorities in France to pay millions to avoid possible prosecution for suspected corruption in Libya and Kazakhstan.
The Paris criminal court has confirmed the agreement, which provides for the payment of 15,8 million euros, as reported by the German aviation portal Aero. The possible cases of corruption involved sales of planes, helicopters and satellites in Libya and Kazakhstan between 2006 and 2011. These cases emerged during investigations into allegations of corruption, for which Airbus had already paid a fine of almost 2020 billion euros in an agreement reached in France in 2,1. Airbus ended long-term corruption investigations in three countries with an unprecedented billion-dollar fine. The European aircraft manufacturer paid a total of 3,6 billion euros in France, Great Britain and the USA.
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