Samuel Perlo-Freeman – Compendium of Arms Trade Corruption

Brazil’s Gripen Influence Case

November 19, 2018August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 6580 Views 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

Litton Industries’ Contracts with Greece and Taiwan

August 9, 2018August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 2032 Views agents, bribery, Greece, Taiwan, USA

Introduction U.S. companies are often perceived to operate in a regulatory atmosphere less tolerant of foreign bribery than their European

International arms trade

Funding the Belgian Socialist Parties

April 10, 2018August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3688 Views 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,

International arms trade

The CDU Party Funding Scandal

April 3, 2018August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3387 Views 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

International arms trade

Airbus Eurofighter Sales to Austria

December 19, 2017August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4477 Views 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

International arms trade

South Korea’s “Mr. German U-boat”

August 4, 2017August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4549 Views agents, bribery, Ferrostaal, Germany, South Korea, submarines

Introduction South Korea has been a consistent customer of Kiel-based Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), the German submarine manufacturer, for over thirty

International arms trade

Ericsson’s Sale of Radar Systems to Greece

July 21, 2017August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 3728 Views agents, Brazil, bribery, Greece, shell companies, Sweden

Introduction The economic and fiscal crisis that struck Greece in 2009 has also led to widespread corruption investigations, unearthing vast

Domestic corruption International arms trade

Brazil’s DCNS Submarine Contract

July 21, 2017August 5, 2023 Samuel Perlo-Freeman 4257 Views 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