German authorities raid at Philips to corruption

The German police and justice departments Tuesday, a raid was done in the office of Philips in Hamburg. An employee of the company is suspected of two officials to have wanted to bribe with invitations for a conference.

The raid, in which 38 investigators were involved, began Monday at nine o’clock and lasted until two o’clock in the afternoon, writes Der Spiegel. They assumed this data are in attachment. The staff of Philips would have worked.

A 56-year-old employee of Philips would two officials have been trying to buy expensive tickets for a congress. It is still unknown whether this is the only suspicion, or that the German justice suspects that there is more that is wrong. Philips has the invasion front Of the Mirror confirmed, but would not comment on the case.

It is not the first time that Philips discredited. Last year began justice in Poland a research to Philips due to the alleged bribery of ziekenhuismanagers. In 2006 there was already a research for Philips in Germany, because the company retailers would have bribed.