retrocommissions – Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

The CDU Party Funding Scandal

April 3, 2018January 10, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 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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Angolagate

May 5, 2017January 10, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 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

International arms trade

L’affaire Karachi

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 1 Comment agents, bribery, 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

Taiwan’s Lafayette Frigate Affair

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Xiaodon L. Liang 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