Special Report: US, Swedish prosecutors study graft complaint naming son of Turkey’s Erdogan
DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS ANTI-CORRUPTION authorities in the United States and Sweden are reviewing a complaint alleging that the Swedish affiliate of a U.S. company pledged to pay tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks if a son of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helped it secure a dominant market position in the country. The proposed plan was detailed in communications and business documents seen by Reuters, as well as by a person familiar with the matter. Reuters is reporting this plan and the resulting preliminary probes for the first time. Ultimately, no kickbacks were paid, according to the complaint submitted to…
