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New York trial begins over alleged Huawei extortion conspiracy

New York trial begins over alleged Huawei extortion conspiracy

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September 11th, 2026

New York trial begins over alleged Huawei extortion conspiracy

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The trial of the Chinese technology company Huawei on charges of conspiracy to commit extortion began on Wednesday in New York, where federal prosecutors accused the firm of carrying out a series of crimes, including stealing technology from American companies, abusing the U.S. financial system, and assisting 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が水曜日、ニューヨークで始まり、連邦検察は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、一連の犯罪を行ったと非難した。

Huawei is the world's largest supplier of equipment for wireless communications networks, but concerns about security risks have led to a ban on selling its equipment to U.S. telecom carriers.

ファーウェイは無線通信ネットワーク向け機器の世界最大のサプライヤーだが、安全保障上のリスクがあるとの懸念から米国の通信事業者への機器販売を禁じられている

It has also been blacklisted by other Western allies, including Canada and the United Kingdom.

またカナダや英国を含む他の西側同盟国からもブラックリストに載せられている。

Taylor Stout, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, opened the government's case, telling jurors in Brooklyn that Huawei had committed multiple crimes over a period of 20 years.

司法省の弁護士テイラー・スタウトは、政府側の主張を開始し、ブルックリンの陪審員に対し、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。

However, defense attorney Brian Heberlig dismissed the charges, arguing that prosecutors were portraying the company and its three subsidiaries as a corrupt criminal enterprise based on a handful of anecdotes and the misconduct of a few among Huawei's roughly 200,000 employees across 170 countries.

しかし弁護人のブライアン・ヘバーリグは検察が少数の逸話と170カ国に約20万人いるファーウェイ従業員の一部の悪行に基づいて、同社とその子会社3社を腐敗した犯罪企業のように描いているとして告発を退けた

Heverlig stated that "there was no blueprint for a crime," and pointed out to the jurors that they should bear in mind that "there are real people whose careers and integrity are at stake in this case."

ヘバーリグは「犯罪の青写真はなかった」と述べ陪審員に対し「この事件でキャリアと誠実さが危機に瀕している実在の人物がいる」ことを心に留めるべきだと指摘した

The first witness the prosecution called was Parham Baheshti, who grew up in Iran but moved to the United States to study and acquired U.S. citizenship in 2000.

検察が最初に呼んだ証人はパーハム・バヘシュティでありイランで育ったものの勉強のために米国へ移り2000年に米国市民権を取得した

Baheshti, who returned to Iran in 2003 to live near his wife's family, testified that he became aware of Huawei in 2009 while working for a small but rapidly growing company that was bringing the internet to remote parts of Iran, and that he subsequently provided the U.S. government with confidential information about its dealings with the company.

2003年に妻の家族の近くに住むためイランに戻ったバヘシュティは2009年イランの遠隔地にインターネットを普及させていた小規模ながら急成長中の企業に勤めていた際にファーウェイを知りその後同社との取引について米国政府に秘密を提供したと証言した

Bahéshiti stated that although he had initially been thrilled by the attempt to provide internet access to small cities in Iran, he had come to hold the view that Huawei would not 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する試みには当初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だろうとの見方を持つに至った述べた

"They didn't seem to care much about it," he said.

彼らはそれをさほど気にかけているようには見えなかった」と彼は述べた

"They had their own agenda."

彼らには独自の目的があった」。

He stated that, during a certain meeting with Huawei employees, he noticed that the Chinese company was pitching a system to "analyze (Iranian) people and their online behavior," and that he found this "infuriating."

彼はファーウェイの従業員との折のある会議で中国企業が(イランの)人々とそのオンライン行動を分析する」ための売り込みをしていることに気づき、「腹立たしい」と感じたと述べた

Baheshti stated that in 2011 he was informed that he was the subject of an investigation, and that as a result he ended up leaving Iran.

バヘシュティは2011年に自身が調査対象となっていると告げられその結果イランを去るに至ったと述べた

In his opening statement, Heberlig told the jurors that if they saw through the prosecution's unreliable witnesses, they could conclude that "the government's case does not hold together."

冒頭陳述でヘバーリグは陪審員に対し検察側の信頼できない証人を見抜けば、「政府の主張は筋が通らないと判断できる述べた

He also stated that it was evident that some of the testimony against the company was based on "old grudges."

また同社に対する証言の一部が古い恨みに基づいていることも見て取れると述べた

He mocked the prosecution's plan to present in court evidence that Huawei employees had photographed competitors' products at trade shows, and said the government had not mentioned that Huawei had promptly fired the employees for their "foolish act."

彼はファーウェイの従業員が展示会で競合他社の製品を撮影した証拠を法廷に提出する検察側の計画を嘲笑し政府はファーウェイがその「愚かな行為」に対して従業員を即座に解雇したことに言及していないと述べた

Rather than evidence of a "company-wide conspiracy," Haberlig attributed Huawei's remarkable growth to its success in engineering, investment, innovation, and competition.

それは「会社ぐるみの陰謀」の証拠ではなくヘバーリグはファーウェイの目覚ましい成長をエンジニアリング投資革新競争における成功によるものだと評価した

While Huawei is engaged in the manufacture of mobile phones and various other consumer electronic devices, it operates independently of the company's other business 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の製造を手掛ける一方でその他の事業部門からは独立した立場にある

In recent years, as the artificial intelligence boom has further stimulated demand for microprocessors, the company has been making inroads into the chip manufacturing sector.

近年では人工知能ブームがマイクロプロセッサの需要を一層喚起する中チップ製造分野へと進出しつつある

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

ドナルド・トランプ大統領の最初の任期中、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に同社の製品を含めないよう働きかけた

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

米国は2019年初頭に刑事告発を発表しその後申し立てを拡大した

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

中国当局は、米国が「経済的いじめ」を行い、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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