{"id":1306644,"date":"2022-02-17T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1306644"},"modified":"2022-02-17T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:25:13","slug":"ericsson-ceo-reveals-company-may-have-paid-isis-other-terrorists-for-access-to-transport-routes-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ericsson-ceo-reveals-company-may-have-paid-isis-other-terrorists-for-access-to-transport-routes-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Ericsson CEO Reveals Company May Have Paid ISIS, Other Terrorists for Access to Transport Routes in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fericsson-ceo-reveals-company-may-have-paid-isis-other-terrorists-for-access-to-transport-routes-in-iraq%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1306644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">According to admissions made by its CEO, telecommunications giant Ericsson may have made payments to ISIS and other terror organizations in order to access certain transport routes in Iraq. CEO&nbsp;Borje Ekholm admitted that \u201cunusual expenses\u201d included \u201ctransport routes have been purchased through areas that have been controlled by terrorist organizations, including ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-16\/ericsson-ceo-concedes-company-may-have-paid-off-isis-in-iraq?sref=10lNAhZ9\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that the Stockholm-based telecommunications firm Ericsson recently admitted that it may have made payments to the ISIS terror organization in order to gain access to transport routes in Iraq. The admission comes after the U.S. DOJ accused the company in October of breaching a $1 billion agreement it made with prosecutors in 2019 to end a corruption probe into the firm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19918706\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-924790026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19918706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-924790026-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ericsson President and CEO Borje Ekholm (Photo credit should read PAU BARRENA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3218646\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/islamic-state-isis-militants-Reuters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3218646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/islamic-state-isis-militants-Reuters.jpg\" alt=\"Militant Islamic State fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria\u2019s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS\/Stringer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Militant Islamist fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria\u2019s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. (REUTERS\/Stringer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a recent interview with the newspaper <em>Dagens Industri<\/em>, Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm stated that the company identified&nbsp;\u201cunusual expenses dating back to 2018\u201d but has yet to determine who received the money. Ekholm added: \u201cWhat we are seeing is that transport routes have been purchased through areas that have been controlled by terrorist organizations, including ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ekholm\u2019s comments come after a statement by the company on Tuesday in which it said that it continues to \u201cinvest significantly\u201d into an investigation into compliance concerns in its Iraq-based operations.<\/p>\n<p>Ericsson has faced a number of issues in recent years including a long-running corruption probe resulting in a $1 billion settlement agreement in 2019. Last year, a unit of Ericsson AB admitted to a bribery campaign in Asia and the Middle East. In October last year, the U.S. DOJ accused the firm of breaching the settlement agreement by failing to provide certain documents.<\/p>\n<p>Ekholm told the newspaper that the company has spent&nbsp;\u201cconsiderable resources trying to understand this as best we can. Financing terrorism is completely unacceptable and something we do not allow at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ericsson shares were down almost 14.5 percent on Wednesday following the news, the largest drop in a day since July 2017. Shares fell almost four percent in morning trading on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-16\/ericsson-ceo-concedes-company-may-have-paid-off-isis-in-iraq?sref=10lNAhZ9\">Bloomberg here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to admissions made by its CEO, telecommunications giant Ericsson may have made payments to ISIS and other terror organizations in order to access certain transport routes in Iraq. 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