"Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption, prosecutors said on Friday as the European planemaker agreed a record $4 billion (3.04 billion pounds)settlement with France, Britain and the United States. "
Full report at Reuters: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-airbus-probe-france/record-4-billion-airbus-fine-draws-line-under-pervasive-bribery-idUKKBN1ZU1WN
""It was a pervasive and pernicious bribery scheme in various divisions of Airbus SE that went on for a number of years," US District Judge Thomas Hogan said."
And at DW Germany: https://www.dw.com/en/airbus-fined-billions-in-global-bribery-settlement/a-52224820