Sri Lanka Airlines Linked To 'Corruption Running Into Billions Of Dollars'

Government orders a criminal investigation into alleged corruption as well as 'irregularities in airline's $2.3 billion 2013 deal to buy 10 Airbus aircraft.

Source NBC News

April 6, 2015

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's new government has ordered a criminal investigation into alleged corruption at the state-run national airline that it says involved "billions of dollars."

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said an inquiry led by a lawyer had found "shocking details of corruption running into billions of dollars" at Sri Lankan Airlines, as well as "irregularities" in its $2.3 billion 2013 deal to buy 10 Airbus aircraft. The statement contained no allegations of wrongdoing by Airbus. The maker of planes said it had no comment on the Sri Lanka government statement.

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