The largest of the deals being investigated by the SFO involved reports of "slush funds" as well as hundreds of millions of pounds being paid into the bank account of Prince Bandar, the son of the Defence Minister, Prince Sultan.

The SFO's investigation of BAE's Saudi arms deals was stopped after the intervention of then Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 2006. The US Department of Justice, however, included Saudi-related offences in its action against BAE.

More information about the deals, the corruption allegations and the court case brought by CAAT and The Corner House in connection with the ending of the SFO investigation can be found here.

News

  • 9 May 2013 BAE Systems under fire over Saudi deals (Independent)
  • 3 Feb 2013 BAE rejects calls for fresh Saudi investigation (Telegraph)
  • 17 Jan 2013 Austrian Count Cleared of Money Laundering for BAE (Defense News)

Action

See what happened at BAE's AGM.

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BAE sites in the UK.

Deals

Profiles of deals with:

Bahrain
Egypt
Libya
Saudi Arabia
UAE
UK & major UK deals
US

Other resources

Other CAAT resources

BAE in "Who's Lobbying"

BAE's website

Updated 18 May 2011
 
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