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Magazine Article, Source : The Manufacturer
Published : September 2008

The Serious Fraud Office’s controversial axing of a corruption inquiry into the Al Yamamah arms contract between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems has won the backing of Britain’s highest court. But other BAE deals in the USA and eastern Europe continue to be investigated and, says Colin Chinery, corruption accusations track the global arms trade like homing missiles

Slush fund allegations had long trailed Britain’s biggest-ever arms deal, a mid-eighties £43 billion contract between BAE Systems and the Saudi government to provide the desert kingdom with fighter aircraft and training. Despite the unfolding of...

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