Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case
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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conflict of interest
The Pergau Dam ‘Arms for Aid’ Scandal
Introduction In October 1993, a controversy erupted in London over whether the Thatcher government had used UK aid subsidies as
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Glenn Defense Marine Asia and the US 7th Fleet (the ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal)
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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The Boeing Tanker Case
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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