Saab – Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case

November 19, 2018May 9, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 1 Comment agents, Brazil, conflict of interest, price padding, Saab, Sweden

Introduction By 2015, Brazil’s long-running anti-corruption investigations had already implicated one major arms procurement program, the Scorpène submarine contract, when

International arms trade

Gripen Combat Aircraft Sales to the Czech Republic and Hungary

May 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 0 Comments 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

International arms trade

The South African Arms Deal

May 5, 2017January 5, 2019 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4 Comments agents, BAE Systems, bribery, Ferrostaal, Finmeccanica, France, Germany, HDW, Italy, manipulation of selection process, offsets, political finance, Saab, shell companies, South Africa, submarines, Sweden, Thales, UK

Introduction How did post-apartheid South Africa succumb to one of the most infamous and long-lasting corruption scandals in recent memory?

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