Rolls-Royce plc, Britain’s leading manufacturing multinational, hired a network of agents to help it land lucrative contracts in at least 12 different countries around the world, sometimes allegedly using bribe.
Jean-François Etienne of Rosaies, former prefect and project leader at the Elysee under Nicolas Sarkozy, was indicted on charges of corruption, including "active bribery of foreign officials" in the so-called " Kazakhgate "case.