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International arms trade 

India’s Barak 1 Missile Deal

October 23, 2018January 9, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 2875 Views 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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International arms trade 

Embraer’s Dominican and Indian Bribery Schemes

October 11, 2018October 20, 2020 Xiaodon L. Liang 2716 Views 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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International arms trade 

Glenn Defense Marine Asia and the US 7th Fleet (the ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal)

October 11, 2018October 20, 2020 Xiaodon L. Liang 5356 Views 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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International arms trade 

Armor Holdings and the United Nations

August 2, 2018November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 1737 Views 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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International arms trade 

Funding the Belgian Socialist Parties

April 10, 2018November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2768 Views 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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International arms trade 

Airbus Eurofighter Sales to Austria

December 19, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2547 Views 0 Comment agents, Airbus, Austria, bribery, Germany, manipulation of selection process, offsets, political finance, shell companies

Introduction Airbus’ checkered past has come under examination across a number of jurisdictions, but it may be one of the

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Domestic corruption 

The Boeing Tanker Case

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 7134 Views 2 Comments benefits in kind, Boeing, conflict of interest, manipulation of selection process, price padding, USA

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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International arms trade 

The Indian VVIP Helicopter Deal

May 5, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2176 Views 1 Comment agents, AgustaWestland, bribery, Finmeccanica, India, Italy, manipulation of selection process, offsets, UK

Introduction Corruption is a persistent problem in Indian arms procurement, on both a petty and a grand scale. In the

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International arms trade 

South Korea’s AW-159 Helicopters

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2472 Views 0 Comment agents, AgustaWestland, bribery, Finmeccanica, Italy, manipulation of selection process, South Korea, UK

Introduction After a North Korean submarine sank the South Korean naval frigate ROKS Cheonan in March 2010, the Republic of

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International arms trade 

German Submarine Sales to Portugal

May 5, 2017December 4, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2819 Views 0 Comment agents, bribery, Ferrostaal, Germany, HDW, manipulation of selection process, offsets, political finance, Portugal, price padding, shell companies, submarines, Thyssen Krupp

See also: The Greek Submarine Deal. Introduction Submarine sales seem to be particularly prone to bribery. They are complex, once-in-a-generation

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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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