Three arrested In Frankfurt Airport bribery probe

SA airports are not alone in allegations of corruption. German authorities have arrested three people, including a former senior manager of Frankfurt airport operator Fraport, on suspicion of having accepted bribes for building permits at the airport, reports Airwise News. As is customary in Germany, none were named. Prosecutors said they suspected the 50-year-old former senior manager of taking payments from companies wanting to build at the Cargo City South freight hub at Frankfurt airport. The site, opened in 1996, is home to the operations of at least two dozen freight companies, including Lufthansa Cargo, DHL and UPS. The former Fraport manager funnelled the equivalent of about R8 million worth of bribes to a Liechtenstein bank account via fake invoices sent to a real estate agent in Frankfurt by a Liechtenstein-based suspect. Both the real estate agent and the Liechtenstein-based agent were also arrested, the prosecutor's office said.