The US Justice Department has accused German carmaker Daimler of paying bribes to foreign officials in 22 countries. The company is said to be willing to pay 185 million dollars to settle the case.

German car giant Daimler has been accused of systematically paying bribes worth tens of millions of dollars over the course of a decade. The US Justice Department has filed papers with a federal court in Washington D.C. alleging that between 1998 and 2008 the company paid bribes to foreign officials in 22 countries in order to secure contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.