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Caso Mirage

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, Belgium, Chile, Europavia, SABCA

Introduction During its protracted and delicate transition to democracy during the 1990s, Chile struggled to enforce new anti-corruption norms in

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Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case

November 19, 2018November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 0 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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India’s Barak 1 Missile Deal

October 23, 2018January 9, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, bribery, India, Israel, Israel Aerospace Industries, manipulation of selection process, Rafael, sting operation

Introduction Not all corruption investigations can uncover enough evidence to proceed to prosecution, and in the case of India’s Barak

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Embraer’s Dominican and Indian Bribery Schemes

October 11, 2018January 10, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, Brazil, bribery, Dominican Republic, Embraer, fake contracts, India, manipulation of selection process, shell companies, USA

Introduction Brazilian company Embraer is best known as a leading producer of regional civil aircraft, but also builds and successfully

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German Submarine Sales to Israel

October 11, 2018December 4, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, bribery, Germany, HDW, Israel, submarines

Introduction Like most submarine sales in recent years, the planned sale by German shipbuilders ThyssenKrupp of three Dolphin-2 submarines to

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Heckler & Koch’s G-36 Rifles in Mexico

August 14, 2018January 14, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, end-user certificate, Germany, Mexico, political finance, small arms

Introduction Since the 1990s, German authorities had concerns that German small arms could be used to commit human rights violations

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Litton Industries’ Contracts with Greece and Taiwan

August 9, 2018January 10, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 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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Armor Holdings and the United Nations

August 2, 2018November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, bribery, manipulation of selection process, UN, USA

Introduction In one of the rare cases where a payer of bribes went to prison, Richard Bistrong, a vice president

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CAS-Global Ltd. and the Private Nigerian Coast Guard Fleet

August 2, 2018November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment agents, bribery, embezzlement, Nigeria, non-state armed group

Introduction The 2012 sale of seven decommissioned Norwegian naval vessels took a curious turn when a report revealed that they

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Funding the Belgian Socialist Parties

April 10, 2018November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 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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