FILE PHOTO: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L), accompanied by his son Bilal, greets his supporters at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara March 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
(Reuters) - Anti-corruption authorities in the United States and Sweden are reviewing a complaint alleging that the Swedish affiliate of a U.S. company pledged to pay tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks if a son of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helped it secure a dominant market position in the country.
The proposed plan was detailed in communications and business documents seen by Reuters, as well as by a person familiar with the matter. Reuters is reporting this plan and the resulting preliminary probes for the first time.
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