If you’re one of those cynical people who assumes that multinational corporations are deeply corrupt and only concerned with achieving global domination no matter the cost, then this episode is for you. Caleb and Greg discuss a case of international bribery, the likes of which the world had never seen.

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Sources:

• How the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Came to Be — Corporate Compliance Insights 
• Early days (1967) — Airbus 
• History of Airbus S.A.S. — Britannica 
• Airbus to pay record £3bn in fines for 'endemic' corruption — The Guardian
• Airbus to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Corruption Inquiry — NYT 
• Airbus to pay SFO €1bn in corruption settlement — BBC
• Airbus enters into a coordinated resolution of foreign bribery investigation with US UK and French authorities for a total of 36 billion - Mondaq 
• Airbus Agrees to Pay over $3.9 Billion in Global Penalties to Resolve Foreign Bribery and ITAR Case — DOJ 
• Four Years and Almost $4 Billion: Airbus Corruption Investigations End with Sky-High Fine — Ropes & Gray LLC