Bombardier employee detained over bribery

Bloomberg

Swedish police detained a Bombardier Inc. employee on suspicion of bribery and questioned several others in connection with a rail contract in Azerbaijan.
Evgeny Pavlov, a Russian citizen whose LinkedIn profile lists him as a Bombardier sales executive, was remanded in custody, according to court documents. Pavlov is suspected of aggravated bribery, and several people at the company’s Swedish operation have been served a “notice of suspicion,” said Thomas Forsberg, prosecutor at the anti-corruption unit of the Swedish Prosecution Authority.
The detention occurred more than three years after a Bombardier-led consortium won an order from Azerbaijan Railways CJSC on the Kars-Baku corridor connecting Asia and Europe. That deal, which covered the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a double track line, was valued at $288 million. Bombardier, a Montreal-based maker of trains and planes, had a $203 million share.
“We can confirm that some Bombardier Transportation Sweden employees have been questioned by the Swedish police,” Claas Belling, a spokesman for Bombardier Transportation, said by email. “We will continue to cooperate fully with the Swedish authorities and will provide additional information when available and appropriate.”
Bombardier is committed to “operating in full compliance with all legal rules and requirements and our own high ethical standards,” he said.