Reuters Staff
PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Airbus said on Saturday it was
in talks with Munich prosecutors that could lead to the termination of their
investigation into alleged corruption in the sale of Eurofighter combat jets to
Austria in 2003.
The investigation is one of several corruption cases
facing Europe’s largest aerospace company. In a statement, Airbus did not
mention the status of a parallel Austrian investigation into the same arms
deal.
In a separate case, Airbus said that it had been ordered
to pay 104 million euros ($126.82 million) after arbitration over alleged
breach of contract in the sale of missiles to Taiwan by one of its subsidiaries
in 1992.
A major sale of French arms to Taiwan in that year
triggered a series of corruption cases and led to arbitration awards against
other French companies.
$1 = 0.8201 euros Reporting by Tim Hepher; Editing by
Richard Lough
Original post: reuters.com
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