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Domestic corruption International arms trade 

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3258 Views 0 Comment 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

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International arms trade 

L’affaire Karachi

May 5, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2628 Views 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

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International arms trade 

The Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Affair

May 5, 2017December 11, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 8618 Views 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

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International arms trade 

Taiwan’s Lafayette Frigate Affair

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 5783 Views 0 Comment 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

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Newest Additions

Smith & Wesson’s Foreign Bribery Settlement
International arms trade Latest Additions 

Smith & Wesson’s Foreign Bribery Settlement

July 22, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0

Introduction In 2014, the U.S. firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson agreed to pay USD 2 million in fines to settle

Lockheed’s Egyptian Agent and the C-130
International arms trade Latest Additions 

Lockheed’s Egyptian Agent and the C-130

May 9, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0
The Ordnance Factory Board Scam
Domestic corruption International arms trade Latest Additions 

The Ordnance Factory Board Scam

May 7, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0
Greek Land Forces and German Bribery
International arms trade Latest Additions 

Greek Land Forces and German Bribery

April 4, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 0

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