bribery

China

Credit Suisse to pay US $77 million to settle Chinese princelings probe

Credit Suisse agreed to pay $77 million to US authorities after admitting it hired the under-qualified relatives of influential Chinese officials in order to win business, the government announced on Thursday.

corruption

Swiss convict Brazilian construction giant in bribery case

Swiss prosecutors on Wednesday said they had ordered Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and its subsidiaries to pay nearly $200 million in connection with the corruption scandal at the Petrobras state oil company.

corruption

Swiss lift firm in Chinese corruption probe

Chinese authorities are investigating two managers of Swiss lift and escalator maker Schindler over possible embezzlement and bribery, the company said, the latest foreign firm caught up in a corruption crackdown.

corruption

Swiss banker on trial over Alstom slush fund

<p> <div>A Swiss banker went on trial in&nbsp;Switzerland's highest criminal court on Monday on charges of running slush&nbsp;funds allegedly used by French engineering giant Alstom to bribe foreign</div> <div>officials.</div> </p>