LATAM Airlines resolves FCPA case for $22 million
LAN Airlines (now known as LATAM Airlines Group), a commercial airline company based in South America, has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle parallel civil and criminal cases related to improper payments it authorized during a dispute between the airline and its union employees in Argentina. Jaclyn ...
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