Two congressmen say Walmart Stores Inc.’s probe of possible bribery in its operations in Mexico has expanded to its businesses in China and Brazil.
Last month, the world’s largest retailer disclosed that it was expanding its probe beyond Mexico to include other countries, but it didn’t identify them. Democratic congressmen Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Henry Waxman of California say that lawyers for Walmart told them that they were hired to review anti-corruption policies and operations in Brazil and China as well as Mexico.
They say the lawyers recommended that Walmart also review its operations in India and South Africa.
An email to a Walmart spokesman was not immediately returned.
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