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Ericsson: sham contracts, bribes and Isis
The Swedish multinational has been caught breaking laws against bribery around the globe — but are its actions really that different from the ‘lobbying’ tactics available to corporations legally, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
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The shadow lord chancellor has recently made a name for himself as an rabid hater of immigration – but there are exceptions to every rule, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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MOBILE PHONE firm Ericsson is in the middle of a vast corruption scandal.
Some details are really shocking — like probably paying off Isis terrorists in Iraq — but I’d like to look at some of the more mundane nuts and bolts of how bribes are paid, because they show how prosecutable corruption is closely related to a more general, systemic corruption.
Corruption features in the international mobile phone business because networks typically rely on licences from governments or subcontracts with national phone companies.
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