Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case
Introduction By 2015, Brazil’s long-running anti-corruption investigations had already implicated one major arms procurement program, the Scorpène submarine contract, when
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Author: Samuel Perlo-Freeman
Litton Industries’ Contracts with Greece and Taiwan
Introduction U.S. companies are often perceived to operate in a regulatory atmosphere less tolerant of foreign bribery than their European
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Funding the Belgian Socialist Parties
Introduction On July 18, 1991, the retired Belgian politician André Cools, an influential Socialist figure and former deputy prime minister,
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The CDU Party Funding Scandal
Introduction The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party funding scandal, which erupted in 1999, tarnished the reputation of legendary Chancellor Helmut
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Airbus Eurofighter Sales to Austria
Introduction Airbus’ checkered past has come under examination across a number of jurisdictions, but it may be one of the
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South Korea’s “Mr. German U-boat”
Introduction South Korea has been a consistent customer of Kiel-based Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), the German submarine manufacturer, for over thirty
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Ericsson’s Sale of Radar Systems to Greece
Introduction The economic and fiscal crisis that struck Greece in 2009 has also led to widespread corruption investigations, unearthing vast
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Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract
Introduction Operation Car Wash (“Lava Jato”), the sprawling investigation into public-sector corruption that brought down Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, is
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Introduction to the Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption
This compendium collated by the World Peace Foundation details 36 cases of corruption in the international arms trade and broader
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The Al Yamamah Arms Deals
Introduction The Al Yamamah series of arms deals with Saudi Arabia was, and remains, Britain’s biggest arms deal ever concluded,
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