Defence firms face bribery probe
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Business & money: Local authority pension funds are to tackle arms companies about their activities.
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Britain's Serious Fraud Office is investigating allegations that several firms based in London paid bribes to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime as part of the discredited UN oil-for-food programme, The Guardian has reported.
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Workers at French supermarket chain Carrefour are being probed by Chinese authorities on suspicion of bribery.
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Prosecutors have launched criminal proceedings against a Ukrainian company suspected of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other weapons abroad for a possible sale to insurgents fighting the U.S.-led ...
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Description: The FBI will examine whether Pentagon officials committed fraud in their handling of a no-bid contract to a subsidiary of Halliburton before the Iraq War.
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The companies are accused of paying bribes to secure lucrative contracts in Iraq while Saddam Hussein was in power.
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Defence chiefs will consider the case of an injured Sheffield soldier as they review compensation payouts.
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Two MPs have demanded an inquiry into claims that a British-based security firm operating in Iraq withheld intelligence from British troops, The Guardian newspaper reported Monday.
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The FBI has begun investigating whether the Pentagon improperly awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton Co., seeking an interview with a top Army contracting officer and collecting documents from government offices.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.
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US authorities are investigating British arms manufacturer BAE Systems&#39; compliance with anti-corruption laws, including those regarding lucrative Saudi contracts, BAE said Tuesday.
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Swedish government prosecutors are conducting an inquiry into bribery allegations to do with Saab's involvement with British defence manufacturer BAE Systems's dealings in the Czech Republic, the Financial Times has reported.
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The Pentagon, facing its biggest procurement scandal since the late 1980s, yesterday launched a major review of its purchasing practices and of actions taken by a former Air Force official who gave Boeing Co.
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The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into BAE Systems , one of the world's largest arms makers, which has been accused of funneling money to a Saudi prince to help win an $86 billion weapons deal.
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The F.B.I. is investigating whether the Army's handling of a large Iraq contract with the Halliburton Company violated procurement rules.
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Federal investigators have uncovered what they describe as a sweeping network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving employees and subcontractors of KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary.
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The country's new military leaders set up a special commission to investigate corruption allegations.