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International arms trade Latest Additions 

Patria’s Bribes in Egypt and the Balkans

January 9, 2019April 1, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 2585 Views 0 Comment agents, bribery, Croatia, Egypt, Finland, Patria, political finance, Slovenia

Introduction Accused of foreign bribery in three different countries within a decade, Finland’s flagship arms manufacturer Patria, majority-owned by the

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International arms trade 

Heckler & Koch’s G-36 Rifles in Mexico

August 14, 2018March 14, 2019 Xiaodon L. Liang 3593 Views 0 Comment agents, end-user certificate, Germany, Mexico, political finance, small arms

Introduction Since the 1990s, German authorities had concerns that German small arms could be used to commit human rights violations

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International arms trade 

Funding the Belgian Socialist Parties

April 10, 2018November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2785 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 

The CDU Party Funding Scandal

April 3, 2018August 8, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 1930 Views 0 Comment agents, bribery, Canada, Germany, government involvement, political finance, retrocommissions, Saudi Arabia

Introduction The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party funding scandal, which erupted in 1999, tarnished the reputation of legendary Chancellor Helmut

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International arms trade 

Airbus Eurofighter Sales to Austria

December 19, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2584 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 International arms trade 

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3269 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 

Angolagate

May 5, 2017June 13, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3282 Views 0 Comment agents, Angola, bribery, Bulgaria, France, government involvement, illegal arms sales, political finance, retrocommissions, Russia, shell companies, Slovakia

Introduction The Angolagate scandal rocked the French political world when it came to light in 1999. It revealed a plot

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International arms trade 

Gripen Combat Aircraft Sales to the Czech Republic and Hungary

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4277 Views 0 Comment agents, BAE Systems, bribery, Czech Republic, Hungary, offsets, political finance, Saab, Sweden, UK

Introduction Shortly after joining NATO in 1999, both the Czech Republic and Hungary started procurement processes to acquire new major

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International arms trade 

L’affaire Karachi

May 5, 2017October 20, 2020 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2639 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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German Submarine Sales to Portugal

May 5, 2017December 4, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2847 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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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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