Editing Alstom (section)

==== Judicial investigations ====
Starting in 2009, Alstom's practices were questioned by the [[United States Department of Justice]] (DOJ), which violated the 1977 [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]]. This American law has [[Extraterritorial jurisdiction|extraterritorial]] scope. At the time, Alstom seemed to cooperate with the proceedings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-18|title=À lire : " Le piège américain " de F. Pierucci|url=https://www.lemoci.com/actualites/actualites/a-lire-le-piege-americain-de-f-pierucci/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Le Moci|language=fr-FR}}</ref> In 2010, the DOJ opened an investigation into Alstom's commercial practices, focusing on a 2003 deal in [[Indonesia]] valued at $118 million in particular.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-17|title=Quand un cadre d'Alstom se retrouve en prison|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2017/11/quand-un-cadre-dalstom-se-retrouve-en-prison-188306|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Les Echos|language=fr|archive-date=16 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716025037/https://www.lesechos.fr/2017/11/quand-un-cadre-dalstom-se-retrouve-en-prison-188306|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 13, 2013, Alstom senior executive [[Frédéric Pierucci]] was arrested at the [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City|New York]]. He was accused of [[willful blindness]] of his company's suspected corruption and was imprisoned in a high security facility for 14 months and denied release on [[bail]] until the week of Alstom's acquisition by the US conglomerate [[General Electric]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Alstom : la France vendue à la découpe ? Frédéric Pierucci [EN DIRECT]| date=8 July 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dejeVuL9-7c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/dejeVuL9-7c| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-05-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=2019-01-16|title=L'éclairant calvaire de Frédéric Pierucci, lampiste et appât de l'affaire Alstom|url=https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/le-calvaire-de-frederic-pierucci-lampiste-et-appat-de-l-affaire-alstom.N793624|language=fr|last1=Nouvelle|first1=L'Usine|archive-date=16 July 2023|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716025036/https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/le-calvaire-de-frederic-pierucci-lampiste-et-appat-de-l-affaire-alstom.N793624|url-status=live}}</ref> In late 2014, Alstom was fined $772&nbsp;million by the DOJ, and admitted guilt under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to bribes paid to obtain contracts in various countries.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Lynch|first1=Sarah N.|date=22 December 2014|title=Alstom to pay record $772&nbsp;million to settle bribery charges with U.S.|website=Reuters.com|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alstom-bribery-idUSKBN0K01DF20141222/|archive-date=16 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716025045/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alstom-bribery-idUSKBN0K01DF20141222|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Tovey|first=Alan|title=Alstom fined $772m in US for 'brazen' and 'astounding' foreign bribery schemes|date=22 December 2014|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/11309119/Alstom-fined-772m-in-US-for-brazen-and-astounding-foreign-bribery-schemes.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/11309119/Alstom-fined-772m-in-US-for-brazen-and-astounding-foreign-bribery-schemes.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In mid-2014, Alstom Network UK was charged by the UK [[Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom)|Serious Fraud Office]] (SFO) in relation to corruption offences alleged to have been committed when obtaining transportation contracts in India, Poland and Tunisia, covered under sections 1 of the [[Prevention of Corruption Act 1906]] and [[Criminal Law Act 1977]].<ref>{{citation|title=Criminal charges against Alstom in the UK|date=27 July 2014|url=http://www.sfo.gov.uk/press-room/latest-press-releases/press-releases-2014/criminal-charges-against-alstom-in-the-uk.aspx|work=www.sfo.gov.uk|df=dmy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003506/http://www.sfo.gov.uk/press-room/latest-press-releases/press-releases-2014/criminal-charges-against-alstom-in-the-uk.aspx|archive-date=25 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Further charges were brought in late 2014 by the SFO in relation to corrupt practices used to obtain energy contracts in Lithuania.<ref>{{citation|last=Ring|first=Suzi|title=Alstom Charged in U.K. With Paying Bribes Over 8 Years|date=24 December 2014|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-22/alstom-charged-in-u-k-with-paying-bribes-to-agents-over-8-years.html|work=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225054747/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-22/alstom-charged-in-u-k-with-paying-bribes-to-agents-over-8-years.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Additional charges relating to contracts for the [[Budapest Metro]] in Hungary were added in April 2015.<ref>{{citation|last=Cruise|first=Sinead|title=files more corruption charges against Alstom's UK unit (UPDATE 1-UK)|date=16 April 2015|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sfo-alstom-idUSL5N0XD3KL20150416|work=www.reuters.com|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=18 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418021002/https://www.reuters.com/article/sfo-alstom-idUSL5N0XD3KL20150416|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2018, three executives of Alstom were found guilty of conspiracy to corrupt following an investigation by the SFO into allegations of several [[Lithuania]]n politicians and officials being offered [[bribe]]s in return for securing contracts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/19/alstom-executives-found-guilty-of-conspiracy-to-corrupt |title=Three Alstom executives guilty of conspiracy to corrupt |first=David |last=Pegg |date=19 December 2018 |website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>

In February 2020, the [[United Nations]] published a [[List of companies operating in West Bank settlements|database]] of all business enterprises involved in certain specified activities related to the [[Israeli settlement]]s.<ref name="unlist_ohchr">{{cite news |date=12 February 2020 |title=UN rights office issues report on business activities related to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory |url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25542 |work=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709093910/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25542 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="unlist_reliefweb">{{cite news |date=14 February 2020 |title=Database of all business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (A/HRC/43/71) |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/database-all-business-enterprises-involved-certain-activities |work=[[ReliefWeb]] |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183439/https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/database-all-business-enterprises-involved-certain-activities |url-status=live }}</ref> Alstom has been listed on the database in light of its involvement in activities related to "the provision of services and utilities supporting the maintenance and existence of settlements" and "the use of natural resources, in particular [[Israeli expropriation of Palestinian springs in the West Bank|water]] and [[Land expropriation in the West Bank|land]], for business purposes".<ref name="unlist_ohchr" /><ref name="unlist_reliefweb" /> On 5 July 2021, [[Norway]]'s largest pension fund [[Kommunal Landspensjonskasse|KLP]] said it would divest from Alstom together with 15 other business entities implicated in the UN report for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/nordic-fund-klp-excludes-16-companies-over-links-israeli-settlements-west-bank-2021-07-05/|title=Nordic fund KLP excludes 16 companies over links to Israeli settlements in West Bank|first1=Gwladys|last1=Fouche|first2=Simon|last2=Jessop|date=5 July 2021|publisher=Reuters|access-date=2021-09-13|archive-date=6 July 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210706203657/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/nordic-fund-klp-excludes-16-companies-over-links-israeli-settlements-west-bank-2021-07-05/|url-status=live}}</ref>