In an article published in 1981 in American Shipper magazine, a Bethlehem Shipyard case focuses attention on a maritime problem as old as the “master’s gratuity,” according to a former company official who was charged with bribery at the time.
A former Department of Transportation employee in South Texas has been charged with bribery and extortion against a local trucking company.
Airbus will pay penalties in France, the U.S. and U.K. for using go-betweens to bribe airlines and governments to buy Airbus products.
Maersk says two of its offices in Brazil were raided, apparently as part of a federal corruption probe.
With so many regulations to follow, fleets and shippers probably don’t need another reason to fret, but bribery and corruption are on the rise.
