ABB Ltd

Der Fall ABB Kusile ist nicht nur ein Korruptionsfall. Es ist ein Test, ob ein multinationaler Lieferant jeden risikoreichen Subunternehmer und jede Zahlung bei einem öffentlichen Infrastrukturprojekt vor der Mittelübertragung erklären kann.

ABB’s Kusile record is not only a bribery case or a repeat-offender headline. It is a test of whether a multinational supplier can make every high-risk subcontractor and payment on a public infrastructure project independently explainable before funds move. The record describes confidential tender information, politically connected influence, subcontractors with qualification or service concerns, an advance payment, variation orders, false accounting and control failures across local and group boundaries. It also contains several legally different outcomes: a US guilty plea by ABB South Africa, a US deferred prosecution agreement with ABB Ltd, a separate SEC order, a South African punitive-r