Leaked documents have showed that telecom giant Ericsson allegedly paid bribes to the Islamic State group militants in order to sell its services in parts of Iraq. An internal investigation by the Swedish-based firm, which was later obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), found that tens of millions of dollars were spent in suspicious payments to sustain Ericsson’s activities in Iraq between 2011 to 2019. Company investigators said they could not rule out the possibility that Ericsson financed terrorism through subcontractors at a time when IS-held large p…