
The Department of Justice last Friday said that Airbus Group has agreed to pay the U.S. government $592 million to settle bribery and corruption charges related to commercial aircraft sales and violations of arms control laws. The settlement with the U.S. is part of a larger $3.9 billion agreement with legal authorities in France and Britain to settle bribery and corruption allegations. In return, the governments of all three companies agreed to suspend prosecution of Europe-based Airbus for three years,…