Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract
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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DCNS
L’affaire Karachi
Introduction A car bomb explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 8, 2002, killed fourteen people, including 11 French nationals, employees
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The Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Affair
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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Taiwan’s Lafayette Frigate Affair
Introduction In 1993, the body of a naval officer washed ashore in the small town of Suao, on the eastern
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