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Extortion conspiracy trial involving Huawei opens in New York

Extortion conspiracy trial involving Huawei opens in New York

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September 11th, 2026

Extortion conspiracy trial involving Huawei opens in New York

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The conspiracy-to-extort trial against the Chinese technology company Huawei is set to commence on Wednesday in New York, with federal prosecutors alleging that the firm engaged in a litany of criminal conduct, including the theft of technology from American companies, the exploitation of the U.S. financial system, and assistance to Iran in surveilling its own citizens.

中国のテクノロジー企業華為技術(ファーウェイ)に対する恐喝共謀裁判水曜日ニューヨークで開始される運びとなり連邦検察同社が米国企業からの技術窃取米国金融システムの悪用イランによる自国民監視の支援など一連の犯罪行為に関与したと弾劾した

Although Huawei is the world's largest supplier of equipment for wireless communications networks, it is prohibited from selling equipment to US telecommunications carriers on the grounds of national security concerns.

ファーウェイは無線通信ネットワーク向け機器における世界最大のサプライヤーであるものの安全保障上の懸念が存在するとの理由から米国の通信事業者に対する機器販売を禁じられている

Furthermore, it has come to be blacklisted by other Western allied nations as well, including Canada and the United Kingdom.

さらにカナダや英国をはじめとする他の西側同盟諸国によってもブラックリストに掲載されるに至っている

Taylor Stout, an attorney for the Department of Justice, commenced the presentation of the government's case, telling jurors in Brooklyn that Huawei had committed multiple crimes over the course of two decades.

司法省の弁護士テイラー・スタウトは政府側の主張の陳述に着手しブルックリンの陪審員らに対しファーウェイが20年間にわたり複数の犯罪を犯したと述べた

Nevertheless, the defense attorney Brian Heberlig rejected the aforementioned indictment, arguing that the prosecution, relying on a handful of anecdotes and on misconduct by a fraction of Huawei's roughly 200,000 employees scattered across 170 countries, was portraying the company and its three subsidiaries as though they were a thoroughly corrupt criminal enterprise.

しかしながら弁護人ブライアン・ヘバーリグは、検察側少数の逸話ならびに170カ国に散在する約20万人のファーウェイ従業員のうち一部による非行依拠して同社およびその子会社3社を、あたかも腐敗しきった犯罪企業であるかのごとく描出しているとして右告発退けたのである。

Heverlig stated that "no blueprint for a crime ever existed," and pointed out to the jurors that they ought to bear in mind the fact that "in this case, there exist real individuals whose careers and integrity hang in the balance."

ヘバーリグは犯罪の青写真なるものは存在しなかった」と述べ陪審員に対し、「本件においてそのキャリアと誠実さが危機に瀕している実在の人物が存在するという事実を銘記すべきである指摘した

The first witness the prosecution called was a certain Parham Baheshti, who, though born and raised in Iran, emigrated to the United States in pursuit of his studies and eventually acquired U.S. citizenship in 2000.

検察側が最初に喚問した証人はパーハム・バヘシュティなる人物でありイランに生まれ育ちながら研鑽のために米国へ移住し2000年には米国市民権を獲得するに至った

Baheshti, who had returned to Iran in 2003 to live in the vicinity of his wife's family, testified that, while working in 2009 for a small yet rapidly growing company that was promoting the spread of the Internet in Iran's remote regions, he came to learn of Huawei, and that he subsequently provided classified information to the U.S. government concerning its dealings with the company.

2003年妻の家族の近傍に居住するべくイランへ帰還したバヘシュティは2009年当時イランの辺境地域においてインターネット普及を推進していた小規模ながら急成長を遂げつつあった企業に従事するなかでファーウェイを認知するに至りその後同社との取引に関して米国政府に対し機密情報を提供した旨を証言した

Bahéshí stated that although he had been thrilled at the prospect of providing internet access to small cities in Iran, he had come to the realization that Huawei would be unlikely to cooperate.

バヘシュティは、イランの小都市にインターネットアクセスを提供しようとすることに胸を躍らせていたものの、ファーウェイは協力に応じないであろうとの認識に至ったと述べた。

"They showed not the slightest sign of being bothered by it," he remarked.

彼らはそれを意に介している様子など微塵もなかったと彼は述べた

"They had purposes of their own."

彼らには独自の目的が存在していたのである」。

He stated that, during a certain meeting with Huawei employees, he became aware that the Chinese company was endeavoring to pitch its services in order to "analyze (Iranian) people and their online behavior," and that he felt this to be "infuriating."

彼はファーウェイの従業員との某会議の折に中国企業が(イランの)人々とそのオンライン行動を分析するべく売り込みを図っていることを察知し、「腹立たしい」との思いを抱いたと述べた

Baheshti stated that he was informed in 2011 that he had become the subject of an investigation, and that he then left Iran.

バヘシュティは、2011年に調査の対象となっている旨を告げられ、イランを去ったと述べた。

In his opening statement, Heberlig told the jurors that if they were to discern the unreliable witnesses put forward by the prosecution, it would become self-evident that "the government's case does not hold together."

冒頭陳述においてヘバーリグは陪審員らに対し検察側が提示する信頼に値しない証人見極めるならば、「政府の主張は筋が通らない」ということが自ずと明らかになる述べた

He further stated that it would also become apparent that some of the testimony against the company was rooted in "old grudges."

さらに同社に対する証言の一部が古い恨みに根ざしていることもまた明らかとなるであろうと述べた。

He scoffed at the prosecution's plan to present in court evidence that Huawei employees had photographed competitors' products at a trade show, and said the government had made no mention of the fact that Huawei had promptly fired the employee in question for that "foolish act."

彼はファーウェイの従業員が見本市において競合他社の製品を撮影したという証拠法廷で提示する検察の計画嘲笑し政府はファーウェイがその「愚かな行為」に対して当該従業員を即座に解雇したことに言及していない述べた

Far from being evidence of a "company-wide conspiracy," Hebnerig instead appraised Huawei's remarkable rise as attributable to success in engineering, investment, innovation, and competition.

それは「会社ぐるみの陰謀」の証左などではなくむしろヘバーリグはファーウェイの目覚ましい躍進エンジニアリング投資イノベーションそして競争における成功に帰すものであると評価した

Although Huawei manufactures mobile phones and various other consumer electronic devices, that business division remains isolated from the company's other divisions.

ファーウェイは携帯電話をはじめとする各種消費者向け電子機器を製造しているものの、その事業部門は他の部門からは隔離されている

In recent years, as the rise of artificial intelligence has spurred demand for microprocessors, the company has been seeking to expand into the field of chip manufacturing.

近年人工知能の台頭がマイクロプロセッサの需要を喚起する中、同社はチップ製造分野への進出を図っている

During President Donald Trump's first administration, the administration raised national security concerns regarding Huawei and pressed Western allies to exclude the company's products from next-generation high-speed wireless networks.

ドナルド・トランプ大統領の第1次政権下において、政権はファーウェイに対する国家安全保障上の懸念を提起し西側同盟国に対し次世代高速無線ネットワークから同社の製品を排除するよう働きかけた

The United States unveiled criminal charges in early 2019 and subsequently broadened its allegations.

米国は2019年初頭に刑事告発を公表しその後申し立てを拡大した

The Chinese authorities stated that the United States is engaging in "economic bullying" and is improperly exploiting national security as a pretext to "suppress Chinese companies."

中国当局は、米国が「経済的いじめ」を働き、国家安全保障を口実に「中国企業を抑圧」していると不当に利用していると述べた。

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