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11.06.2018 Ensuring any enforcement action against Airbus meets fair justice standards

View letter Dear Director Ensuring any enforcement action against Airbus meets fair justice standards We are writing as concerned anti-corruption organisations that have seen the effect of corporate bribery...

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07.06.2018 Fresh allegations of illegal lobbying on behalf of Italian defence company must be fully investigated

6th June 2018, London – New allegations made by Corruption Watch U.K.  that British intermediaries took corrupt payments from an Italian defence company, to secure defence contracts in South...

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20.03.2018 Re-opening of defence corruption charges against Zuma welcomed

 20th March 2018, London – The re-opening of corruption charges against former South African President  Jacob Zuma, relating to a 1999 arms deal, are a welcome step and should...

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19.01.2018 Transparency International concerned by corruption allegations against British defence firm

19th January 2018, London – Commenting on an announcement by the Serious Fraud Office that it is investigating Chemring Group PLC, a British Defence Company, for corruption, money laundering...

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22.09.2017 Arms industry should follow positive steps made by Heckler & Koch

 23rd September 2017, London – Transparency International Defence and Security welcomes the pledge by Heckler & Koch to no longer sell arms to corrupt states, and calls on the...

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22.09.2017 Arms industry should follow positive steps made by Heckler & Koch

 23rd September 2017, London – Transparency International Defence and Security welcomes the pledge by Heckler & Koch to no longer sell arms to corrupt states, and calls on the...

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27.04.2017 Countering radicalisation with arms export controls

The world’s major arms exporters have a conflicted approach when it comes to dealing with what are effectively kleptocratic governments.

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20.02.2017 Fighting Corruption Is a Security Imperative, Not a Moral Crusade

This blog was orginally published by New America and can be accessed here These are banner times for corruption watchdogs pushing for transparency. From Congress’s recent repeal of the...

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26.01.2017 SFO Settlement: Did Rolls Royce Exaggerate the Impact of Debarment to Avoid a Criminal Prosecution?

Eva Anderson, our Senior Legal Officer and Barrister discusses issues around debarment

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26.01.2017 My Lord, We’re Missing The Plaintiff

Following the Rolls-Royce DPA, Andy Watson, Head of Industry Integrity, asks who are the real victims in a big corruption case like this?

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26.01.2017 Do big defence contractors simply play by different rules?

Katherine Dixon, Director Defence and Security Programme, considers whether some defence companies are too important to be prosecuted

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08.11.2016 Anti-Corruption safeguards vital in UK/ India defence cooperation

8th November 2016, London – India must put in place strong safeguards to ensure effective anti-corruption mechanisms are built into any coming defence deals between the UK and India,...

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