Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Belarus | 21 Aug 2012
The first deputy chairman of the Minsk city executive committee, Mr Igor Vasilyev, has been detained by the State Security Committee of Belarus for allegedly extorting a US$500,000 bribe from a European investor company in return for securing a US$30 million contract.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Global | 19 Jul 2012
Montreal based engineering company SNC-Lavalin is accused of offering large bribes to influential Bangladeshi officials to secure a lucrative bridge contract over the Ganges River in India.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | China | 22 Jun 2012
A former high ranking official in the People’s Congress of Maoming, Mr Zhu Yuying, has pleaded guilty to selling government contracts and official positions for approximately 18 million yuan (HK$22.1 million) in bribes.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Canada | 22 Jun 2012
Canadian multinational Bombardier Transportation, is accused of paying a bribe to win a Gauteng Rapid-Rail System tender worth 26bn Rand in 2005.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Russia | 17 May 2012
Former executives of the Defense Ministry’s main medical service department GVMU allegedly caused 51 million roubles of damage in the procurement of tomographs.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Taiwan | 16 Apr 2012
The tourism department chief of the Hualien County Government, Ms Chen You-jen, allegedly accepted NT$1 million in bribes from contractors over the last two years.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | India | 16 Apr 2012
Army commander-in-chief General Vijay Kumar Singh claims that he was offered a Rs14 crore bribe by a equipment lobbyist to clear the purchase of 600 substandard vehicles for the forces.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | Greece | 16 Apr 2012
Two Development Ministry officials allegedly sought a 120,000 euro bribe from two businessmen set to make a 4.7 million euro investment in the Peloponnese.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Mar 2012
Following a joint investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the Ministry of Defence Police, Mr James McGeown, Mr William Marks, Mr John Symington and Ms Carol Kealey have admitted their involvement in a case that involved the use of bribes to obtain £16.2 million worth of CCTV contracts in Northern Ireland.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP | United Kingdom | 20 Feb 2012
Four men have been found guilty of allegedly conspiring to corruptly obtain payments in return for supplying confidential information about a number of high value oil and gas engineering projects.