Alstom controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
United Nations database concerning settlement-linked activities
The United Nations included Alstom in a database of business enterprises associated with specified activities connected to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The listing prompted divestment by Norway’s KLP pension fund; inclusion in the database is not itself a criminal conviction.
2019
Alstom Network UK fined over Tunisia tram-contract bribery
Fine or penalty
The UK arm of Alstom was fined £15 million for bribery connected to a tram contract in Tunisia. The article says Alstom Network UK had been convicted the previous year of conspiracy to corrupt.
Source excerpt
Alstom Network UK was convicted of conspiracy to corrupt last year for paying an intermediary 2.4 million euros to win an 80-million-euro contract with Transtu, which runs the Tunis Metro, between 2003 and 2006.
The UK arm of French rail firm Alstom was on Monday fined £15 million (S$27.3 million) for bribery in relation to a tram contract in Tunisia, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said.
2014
Foreign-bribery enforcement by the United States
Alstom admitted violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and agreed to pay a $772 million criminal penalty. The case concerned alleged improper payments used to secure contracts in countries including Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Bahamas and Taiwan.
2014
UK corruption proceedings involving Alstom Network UK
The UK Serious Fraud Office brought proceedings concerning alleged corruption connected with transport and energy contracts in several countries. In 2018, three executives were convicted of conspiracy to corrupt in relation to the Lithuania investigation.