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Author: Samuel Perlo-Freeman

International arms trade 

Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case

November 19, 2018October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4917 Views 1 Comment agents, Brazil, conflict of interest, price padding, Saab, Sweden

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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International arms trade 

Litton Industries’ Contracts with Greece and Taiwan

August 9, 2018January 10, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 1310 Views 0 Comment agents, bribery, Greece, Taiwan, USA

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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International arms trade 

Funding the Belgian Socialist Parties

April 10, 2018November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2851 Views 0 Comment agents, Agusta, Belgium, bribery, Dassault, France, manipulation of selection process, murder, offsets, political finance, shell companies

Introduction On July 18, 1991, the retired Belgian politician André Cools, an influential Socialist figure and former deputy prime minister,

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International arms trade 

The CDU Party Funding Scandal

April 3, 2018August 8, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2018 Views 0 Comment agents, bribery, Canada, Germany, government involvement, political finance, retrocommissions, Saudi Arabia

Introduction The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party funding scandal, which erupted in 1999, tarnished the reputation of legendary Chancellor Helmut

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International arms trade 

Airbus Eurofighter Sales to Austria

December 19, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2928 Views 0 Comment agents, Airbus, Austria, bribery, Germany, manipulation of selection process, offsets, political finance, shell companies

Introduction Airbus’ checkered past has come under examination across a number of jurisdictions, but it may be one of the

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International arms trade 

South Korea’s “Mr. German U-boat”

August 4, 2017December 11, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3802 Views 0 Comment agents, bribery, Ferrostaal, Germany, South Korea, submarines

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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International arms trade 

Ericsson’s Sale of Radar Systems to Greece

July 21, 2017April 4, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2762 Views 0 Comment agents, Brazil, bribery, Greece, shell companies, Sweden

Introduction The economic and fiscal crisis that struck Greece in 2009 has also led to widespread corruption investigations, unearthing vast

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Domestic corruption International arms trade 

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3341 Views 0 Comment agents, Brazil, bribery, DCNS, France, offsets, political finance, submarines

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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Banner Introduction 

Introduction to the Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

May 5, 2017November 30, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 968 Views

This compendium collated by the World Peace Foundation details 36 cases of corruption in the international arms trade and broader

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International arms trade 

The Al Yamamah Arms Deals

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 10752 Views 1 Comment agents, BAE Systems, bribery, government involvement, off-budget spending, price padding, Saudi Arabia, shell companies, UK

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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Newest Additions

Smith & Wesson’s Foreign Bribery Settlement
International arms trade Latest Additions 

Smith & Wesson’s Foreign Bribery Settlement

July 22, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0

Introduction In 2014, the U.S. firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson agreed to pay USD 2 million in fines to settle

Lockheed’s Egyptian Agent and the C-130
International arms trade Latest Additions 

Lockheed’s Egyptian Agent and the C-130

May 9, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0
The Ordnance Factory Board Scam
Domestic corruption International arms trade Latest Additions 

The Ordnance Factory Board Scam

May 7, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0
Greek Land Forces and German Bribery
International arms trade Latest Additions 

Greek Land Forces and German Bribery

April 4, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0

Key Themes

agents AgustaWestland Airbus BAE Systems Belgium Brazil bribery Chile conflict of interest DCNS embezzlement fake contracts Ferrostaal Finmeccanica France Germany government involvement Greece HDW India Israel Italy Malaysia manipulation of selection process Mexico murder Nigeria off-budget spending offsets political finance price padding retrocommissions Russia Saab Saudi Arabia shell companies Singapore small arms South Korea submarines Sweden Taiwan Thales UK USA
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