Tag: metro cartel

• Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 16:18 UTC

  France’s Alstom paid millions in bribes to secure contracts in Brazil

  

  French power company Alstom paid millions of dollars in bribes to secure lucrative contracts in Sao Paulo state in 1998, a Brazilian newspaper reported this week. The Estado de Sao Paulo cited federal police documents as saying Alstom executives were among 10 people facing charges in connection with the scandal.

• Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:04 UTC

  Corruption allegations in crucial Sao Paulo city reach Brazil’s main opposition party

  

  After the mensalão case rocked Brazil’s ruling party, it seems it’s now the turn of the Social Democrats (PSDB), the main opposition party. The Attorney General’s office and the police are investigating the allegations against the PSDB and if its leaders received kickbacks from a scheme involving the maintenance of train and metro lines in Sao Paulo.