Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: The British Too Revive al-Yamama and BAES Scandal…………

Arabia Deserta

The British Too Revive al-Yamama and BAES Scandal…………

“The Serious Fraud Office was yesterday barred from closing its corruption investigation into the arms manufacturer BAE Systems after two charities won an injunction forcing the High Court to consider a judicial review of the decision to settle the case. The court's decision came after BAE pleaded guilty in the US to conspiracy to make false statements in connection with overseas contracts. It accepted a $400m fine, taking responsibility for payments it made to secure weapons deals in Saudi Arabia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and a number of other countries……. In a separate case, an investigation by the SFO into alleged payments of as much as £1bn made by BAE to Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a member of the Saudi royal family, was dropped in 2006 after the intervention of the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair. The Government claimed that investigating the £43bn Yamamah deal would threaten the UK's national security…...….” Independent (U K)

This is the corruption and bribery case that keeps on giving. It never seems to end, and it should not end until justice is done. The Independent and all other (non-Arab) mention Prince Bandar Bin Sultan al-Saud as the recipient of GBP 1 billion kickback. That was the case that Tony Blair killed in Britain when he prevent the SFO (Serious Fraud Office) from continuing the investigation. Tony is getting paid back for his favors, big time.
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