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The Ordnance Factory Board Scam

May 7, 2019May 9, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 6400 Views 0 Comment agents, artillery, bribery, India, Israel, Israel Military Industries, Rheinmetall, Russia, Singapore, ST Engineering

Introduction The Ordnance Factories are India’s network of 41 government-managed military-sector manufactories, nearly half of which predate the country’s independence

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Domestic corruption 

Fraudulent Contracts for Peter the Great Cruiser Overhaul

July 2, 2018December 18, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 2325 Views 0 Comment embezzlement, fake contracts, price padding, Russia, shell companies

Introduction As Russia seeks to rearm and modernize its military, one of the biggest obstacles it faces is the endemic

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Domestic corruption International arms trade 

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3245 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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Nigeria’s Armsgate Scandal

May 5, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 5003 Views 1 Comment embezzlement, fake contracts, Nigeria, off-budget spending, shell companies

Introduction Most corruption in arms procurement takes the form of bribes or kickbacks. In return for being awarded an arms

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Domestic corruption 

The Boeing Tanker Case

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 7136 Views 2 Comments benefits in kind, Boeing, conflict of interest, manipulation of selection process, price padding, USA

Introduction The U.S. defense acquisition system’s “revolving door” is legendary, but few cases of officials performing favors in exchange for

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Domestic corruption 

China’s Crackdown on Military Corruption

May 5, 2017December 11, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4848 Views 1 Comment bribery, China, embezzlement

Introduction The practice of buying and selling military positions and ranks has a long history, even if today it is

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Domestic corruption 

Chile’s Milicogate Scandal

May 5, 2017October 20, 2020 Xiaodon L. Liang 2631 Views 0 Comment bribery, Chile, embezzlement, fake contracts, off-budget spending

Introduction Chile has an unusual method for funding arms purchases: a 10% levy on export revenues from the state copper

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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

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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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