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Aug 24, 2013

* Germany - TRUCKMAKERS' Corruption

* Germany - Volvo Cars Chief to pay $668,000 to settle MAN SE probe

(Photo by Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg - MAN SE agreed to pay 150 million euros in 2009 to resolve an inquiry into possible bribes paid by its truck and turbo units) 
Munich,Germany -Bloomberg, by Angela Maier -Aug 22, 2013: -- Volvo Cars Chief Executive Officer, Hakan Samuelsson, will settle a German investigation into corruption allegations linked to his tenure as MAN SE’s CEO by paying 500,000 euros ($668,000) to charity... The probe was opened last September in Munich after the former head of MAN’s audit department testified in a related trial that he had informed Samuelsson in a 2006 meeting about “possible corrupt practices” regarding business in Slovenia... MAN, Europe’s third-largest truckmaker, agreed to pay 150 million euros in 2009 to resolve an inquiry into possible bribes paid by its truck and turbo units. Investigators raided 59 company sites and seven private homes looking into allegations of illegal conduct from 2002 to 2009. The probe yielded several indictments against employees and managers...


* Japan - New short-narrow-body FUSO Canter Eco Hybrid brings optimized solution for customers

Kawasaki,Japan -Automotive World (UK) -23 Aug 2013: -- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, today announced it has launched a new body variant for its world’s most fuel efficient...  The hybrid truck now with a shorter and narrower body variant brings optimized solution for customers in Japan by reduced annual vehicle inspection and vehicle insurance fees, further supporting customers and their businesses in terms of overall Total Cost of Ownership... 

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May 29, 2011

CORRUPTION * Afghanistan - The other half of the picture

Combating corruption in Afghanistan’s trucking industry


Bagram Air Field,Afghanistan –DVIDS, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs, by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Mayes -28 May 2011: -- Staff Sgt. Blake Adams and Sgt. Dennis Stanley’s background in law enforcement is proving vital to their mission to help combat corruption here in Afghanistan’s trucking industry... The two are members of the 101st Sustainment Brigade’s Anti-Corruption interview teams which are working with the various Host Nation truckers to learn about the potential hazards they face on the roads in and around Regional Command’s East, North and Capitol... The knowledge they receive from the truckers play a vital role in the brigade’s attempt to help stem the tide of corruption in Afghanistan that affect combat logistics, said Maj. Sean Gallagher, the brigade intelligence officer... Corruption has long been an issue here in Afghanistan. It is not usual for host nation truckers to be the victims of ambushes and pilferage along their routes as they try to deliver supplies and cargo to their intended destinations... Gallagher said the heart and soul of this mission is found in the brigade’s interview teams. The soldiers are paired with a linguist and go to the convoy staging yards both at BAF and Forward Operating Base Deh Dadi II to interview the drivers and gather information... (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Mayes: Sgt. Dennis Stanley and Staff Sgt. Blake Adams, both of the 101st Sustainment Brigade anti-corruption interview team, talks with a local trucker about the conditions on the road. The team was created to focus on corruption issues host nation truckers face on the road)

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Feb 6, 2007

Corruption * India - Building roads not enough

New Delhi,India -The Business Standard -Feb 06, 2007: -- Much has been made of India’s Golden Quadrilateral project. Among its key claims are that truck speeds have increased more than 40 per cent as a result of better-quality roads. While improved road quality has certainly generated a virtuous circle of greater productivity and enhanced supply chain efficiencies by unlocking working capital for user industries, it would be wrong to conclude that all’s well with India’s road transport business. In fact, the key findings of a recent report by Marketing & Development Research Associates (MDRA), done for Transparency International India (TII), present a sobering counterpoint to the belief that the transport sector is being reformed... To be sure, the broad focus of the study is hardly new—chronic corruption in the trucking business. Most Indians are so inured to the sight of truckers paying bribes at nakas or octroi points all over India that it no longer attracts comment. However, by quantifying the impact of corruption, the study underlines the point that there is an urgent need to address the issue. On aggregate, the study has found that the trucking industry pays more than Rs 22,200 crore a year in bribes. In fact, the study says the amount involved in bribes is almost equal to what is formally paid to truck drivers as remuneration...

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