COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Sweden’s prosecutors have appealed the acquittal of a Russian employee with the local branch of Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier who was accused of aggravated bribery in one of Sweden’s biggest corruption cases to date.
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A Stockholm court ruled Oct. 11 “it could not be proven” Evgeny Pavlov “has promised or offered an unfair advantage,” saying it is a prerequisite for the existence of a bribe.
Pavlov was accused of bribery to win a contract for a signaling system with a contract value of around $340 million. In 2013, Bombardier was part of a consortium winning a contract with Azerbaijan Railways for equipment on a 500-kilometer (300-mile) track.
Prosecutor Thomas Forsberg said Wednesday “the key issue … is whether the benefit can be considered unfair or not.”
