Russian subsidiary of Auchan group targeted since 2020 by judicial investigation. Investigation opened by national financial prosecutor's office for corruption of a foreign public official.
Investigation aims to clarify facts within Russian subsidiary but not directed against group, group says. Investigations launched after an article in the daily Les Echos on a system of corruption in the Russian subsidiary of the group owned by the Mulliez family. "Auchan did not wait for the investigation of the French justice, nor the unsubstantiated assertions of a former collaborator to identify this problem," says group.