WPF supported project: The Corruption Tracker
The Corruption Tracker aims to create an up-to-date, online tracker of all cases and robust allegations of corruption in the global arms trade.
Read moreThe Corruption Tracker aims to create an up-to-date, online tracker of all cases and robust allegations of corruption in the global arms trade.
Read moreRed Flags and Red Diamonds: the warning signs and political drivers of arms trade corruption, a new report by Dr. Sam Perlo-Freeman
Read moreThis occasional paper examines the link between political finance and corruption in the arms trade, drawing from the Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption cases of corruption in the arms trade and the broader military sector from around the world.
Read moreThe report by Polina Beliakova and Sam Perlo-Freeman discusses information on corruption in the Russian defense sector, especially the arms industry, identifying key cases of corruption that have become visible in recent years, in particular since 2008, when Russia’s current set of military reforms, and major rearmament drive, began.
Read moreOver the past few years, and especially with the calamitous events of 2016, the world has become more dangerous. But
Read moreFor some aspects of defence and security, there is a clear justification for secrecy by governments: war planning, technical details
Read moreCorruption is a feature of the arms trade the world over, developed and developing countries alike. Former finance expert Joe
Read moreAuthors Xiaodon Liang and Sam Perlo-Freeman examine the problem of corruption in the military sector in Indonesia in the post-Suharto era, in particular in relation to arms procurement, and discuss the significance of recent tentative signs of greater efforts by the Indonesian civil and military authorities to address the problem. It illustrates crucial points about democratization and corruption in the arms trade.
Read moreThe global arms business is a priority for WPF because of the way the industry fuels violent conflict, not only
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