With Daimler - bribes smooth

In the automotive world, but a serious reduction in livestock, has a new attack - a month goes by without a scandal. And almost all of them originate in the United States. Smack Russophobian tainted history with sales of Opel and Saab. Loud story recall in the U.S. car market Toyota. And now American Commission for the Securities and Exchange Commission in conjunction with U.S. Department of Justice has accused the German automaker Daimler AG in bribery. However, a long history. Alleged in the years 1998-2008 the company is actively bribed officials in over twenty countries around the world for the sake of lucrative government contracts. Government officials from Germany, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, China, Nigeria, Iraq, Turkmenistan and other countries lured with money, expensive cars and the career of Daimler AG. The practice of bribery brought the German automaker $ 50 billion in additional revenue, according to documents of American Justice. For the sake of getting lucrative contracts violated the Germans, for example, the UN Oil for Food ", supplying cars to Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Foreign press reports that Daimler in Russia for five years in 2000-2005 spent $ 5 million in bribes to various public officials. During this period, a Russian representative was supplied vehicles worth about 1.4 billion euros, with about 5% came from government orders. Among the Russian company's clients were listed MIA, Garage special purpose (GON), the armed forces, the authorities of Moscow, Novy Urengoy and Ufa. For example, for the contract to supply cars in the garage of special purpose German company and its Russian representative had paid approximately 2,866,281 euros more than twenty persons. Procurement gruzovichkov Unimog also went on corruption scheme. As a rule, the Germans overestimated the amount of orders, and the surplus transferred to government officials or transferred through a third party on account of shell companies. In daymlerovskoy accounting costs of bribery carried out as a "commission", "special discounts", "required payments". However, a spokesman for President Viktor Khrekov manager in an interview with Russian news service "said that over the past 10 years, his agency not be concluded with Russian representatives of the contracts for delivery vehicles. According to him, Parking Management Department consists of BMW, Ford and partially Volgas. And armored Mercedes prime minister and president are on the balance of the Federal Protective Service (FSO). For comparison, China's officials of German companies spent more than four million euros just to rest for local officials. Representatives of Daimler AG, while refusing to comment and wait for the first of April - the day in Washington begin hearings on corruption. However, the German company has already caught on bribes. In 2004, the Commission on the Securities and Exchange Commission began an investigation in respect of bribery for obtaining lucrative contracts for the purchase of buses and trucks. Situation with Daimler is not unique. Many companies have used the mechanism of bribes in order to receive benefits. Allegations of corruption were presented and the German concern Volkswagen, truck manufacturer MAN, and the Korean company Hyundai. And in Russia, where the tradition of corruption goes back centuries, without bribes to obtain a lucrative contract is almost impossible. "Do not podmazhesh - you will not go," says popular wisdom. However, U.S. law prohibits companies operating in the state, to make illegal payments to representatives of other countries. However, the more likely side to go global. According to Reuters, Russian and German automaker Daimler divisions are going to admit guilt in violation of anti-corruption laws and bribing government officials. And for this the German company will pay $ 185 million fine. For comparison, in 2008, Siemens was fined $ 1.3 billion for the same reason. On the other hand, who profit from the blow it two years ago? It is possible that Americans have a grudge against the company, Daimler, Chrysler dropped out of the U.S. in the lurch. Yes, and GM is the state company, and the first letter in the name of the group in earnest decode not as general, as well as government - «the government." A Daimler - a serious player in the U.S. market. Sales of Mercedes in the U.S. are growing. In January, growth, for example, was 45% compared with 2009. And in February - 24%. The U.S. market has slowly come to life, and between the automakers will be a fierce struggle.