A report on Ericsson revealed that the company has virtually become the financier of the terrorist organization ISIS in Iraq. Allegedly, Ericsson bribed ISIS so that his work would not be disrupted when Mosul was occupied. It is also stated that some Ericsson employees were taken hostage during this process.
World’s largest telecommunications company Ericsson An incident that can be described as scandalous has emerged. According to the allegations made by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Ericsson has disregarded the lives of its employees in Iraq ‘in order not to spoil their business’ in recent years. So Ericsson ISIS It is claimed that he tried to continue his work despite the terrorist organization and that some of the employees were even taken hostage by terrorists.
As a matter of fact, Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm made a statement on this subject last week, that they bribed had accepted. Ekholm said the reason for this was to facilitate travel in Iraq. However, it seems that there is more than what is mentioned in the explanations. Company employees in Mosul occupied by ISIS in June 2014, despite the advice of lawyers to be run They continued. As a result of the developments, Ericsson succumbed to the blackmail of the terrorists and became the financier of the terrorist organization.
Millions of dollars in bribes
According to the information in the Ericsson report prepared by ICIJ, one of the company’s engineers, Affan, Sent to meet with ISIS to negotiate. However, it is stated that the terrorist organization took the engineer hostage and a ransom of $ 2.4 million was demanded for his release. Moreover, it is also included in the report in question that Affan and some Ericsson officials were taken hostage by ISIS and they were released after a while. However, the conditions for the release of Ericsson employees still remain. keeps its mystery. On the other hand; As Borje Ekholm said, it is stated that there are various agreements between ISIS and Ericsson and the continuation of the company’s work is within the scope of these agreements. So Ericsson seems to have continued to run the company’s work in Iraq by funding ISIS.
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Various names related to the report were also reached. An industry source who did not want to be named in order not to lose his job, “Ericsson knew what was going on. No one in their right mind would contact ISIS directly. That’s why they had their subcontractors do it. Militants got a share from every project in Mosul. So they got millions of dollars.“He said. Ericsson did not say anything about the prepared report. did not explain.