{"id":13278,"date":"2014-03-21T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/brazil-launches-massive-corruption-probe\/"},"modified":"2014-03-21T02:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T02:49:43","slug":"brazil-launches-massive-corruption-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/brazil-launches-massive-corruption-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil launches Massive Corruption Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Brazil has said it is investigating corruption and price-fixing allegations against 18 companies, including Siemens of Germany and Alstom of France.}}<\/p>\n

Brazil’s antitrust agency accused the firms of being part of a cartel to fix prices for the construction and upkeep of metro and train networks, including in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n

Siemens said it had “zero tolerance for any kind of illegal conduct”.<\/p>\n

Alstom said it was “taking the allegations very seriously”.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defence (Cade) said the 18 companies were part of a cartel involved in 15 projects valued at $4 billion in total, with contracts in the Brazilian Federal District and the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul.<\/p>\n

Cade is part of Brazil’s justice ministry, responsible for investigating anti-trust cases.<\/p>\n

“Cade has started (…) administrative proceedings to investigate alleged cartel conduct in the bidding for trains and metros between at least 1998 and 2013,” it said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n

“Eighteen companies and 109 employees of these companies are accused of involvement in illegal (activities).”<\/p>\n

{{‘Cooperation’}}<\/p>\n

According to Cade, the companies adopted “several anti-competitive strategies”, such as the prearrangement of offers tendered in bidding processes, and bribed dozens of officials to secure the contracts.<\/p>\n

At times, it alleged, the cartel would also determine which company would win a bid by putting only one forward to tender an offer.<\/p>\n

In a statement sent to media, Siemens said it was “collaborating” with the investigations, which it said would “lead to a more ethical and transparent business environment in Brazil”.<\/p>\n

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