DCNS – Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

Domestic corruption International arms trade

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017December 4, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 0 Comments 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

International arms trade

L’affaire Karachi

May 5, 2017May 23, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 1 Comment agents, bribery, DCNS, France, government involvement, India, political finance, retrocommissions, Saudi Arabia, shell companies, submarines

Introduction A car bomb explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 8, 2002, killed fourteen people, including 11 French nationals, employees

International arms trade

The Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Affair

May 5, 2017December 11, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 10 Comments agents, bribery, DCNS, France, Malaysia, murder, Spain, submarines, Thales

Introduction The EUR 1.2 billion sale of French ‘Scorpène’ submarines to Malaysia in 2002, and the dubious commissions which accompanied

International arms trade

Taiwan’s Lafayette Frigate Affair

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 0 Comments agents, bribery, DCNS, France, manipulation of selection process, murder, political finance, price padding, retrocommissions, Taiwan, Thales

Introduction In 1993, the body of a naval officer washed ashore in the small town of Suao, on the eastern