Brazil – Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case

November 19, 2018August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 5876 Views 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

International arms trade

Embraer’s Dominican and Indian Bribery Schemes

October 11, 2018August 5, 2023 Xiaodon L. Liang 3635 Views 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

International arms trade

Ericsson’s Sale of Radar Systems to Greece

July 21, 2017August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3409 Views 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

Domestic corruption International arms trade

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3916 Views 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