bribery – Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

India’s Barak 1 Missile Deal

October 23, 2018November 29, 2018 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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The Pergau Dam ‘Arms for Aid’ Scandal

October 22, 2018November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment bribery, conflict of interest, Malaysia, offsets, price padding, UK

Introduction In October 1993, a controversy erupted in London over whether the Thatcher government had used UK aid subsidies as

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Embraer’s Dominican and Indian Bribery Schemes

October 11, 2018November 29, 2018 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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Glenn Defense Marine Asia and the US 7th Fleet (the ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal)

October 11, 2018December 11, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comment bribery, conflict of interest, manipulation of selection process, price padding, services, Singapore, USA

Introduction While high-value military hardware procurement programs feature most prominently as vehicles for corruption in this compendium, less visible but

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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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Litton Industries’ Contracts with Greece and Taiwan

August 9, 2018December 11, 2018 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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The CDU Party Funding Scandal

April 3, 2018November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 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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