DefenceTalkIsrael’s justice ministry said Monday it had launched an investigation into alleged corruption surrounding a submarine deal which reportedly involves people close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ministry stressed however that Netanyahu himself was not a suspect in the case. Law enforcement agencies have been looking in recent months into the deal to buy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-opens-criminal-investigation-into-german-submarine-contract-69314/

DefenceTalkBrazilian aerospace company Embraer SA on Monday settled with US authorities for $205 million over bribery allegations in the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, and Mozambique. The company took in nearly $84 million in profits on aircraft sales after paying bribes, the US Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission announced jointly. “Embraer paid millions of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazils-embraer-in-205-mn-us-bribery-settlement-68478/

DefenceTalkQUETTA: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif said on Friday the nation would get rid of terrorism this year. He was addressing tribal elders of Gwadar, Talar and Turbat areas of Makran division. “The new year will be the year when terrorism will end,” he said. Gen Sharif, however, stressed the need for the entire nation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/terrorists-to-be-vanquished-this-year-says-pakistans-general-sharif-66193/

DefenceTalkChina’s ruling Communist Party will launch a year-long probe into the incomes of military staff, state media said Thursday, following revelations of widespread graft in its armed forces. Party leaders have described corruption as a key threat to China’s military modernization campaign, which has seen double digit increases in the army budget for more than […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-to-probe-army-spending-in-corruption-crackdown-report-62944/

DefenceTalkA former top US Navy officer was arrested Tuesday over a bribery scandal centered on a Singapore-based contracting firm, in which seven people have already pleaded guilty, officials said. Paul Simpkins, 60, was arrested in Virginia and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery for his alleged role in a scheme to steer contracts to defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-arrest-in-us-navy-bribery-scandal-62626/

DefenceTalkAn Italian court on Thursday acquitted senior executives of military consortium Finmeccanica of corruption charges in the VVIP helicopter deal with India, but [India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI] insists that the verdict would not adversely affect its ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore 2010 deal. The Milan court […]https://www.defencetalk.com/italian-court-acquits-finmeccanica-bribery-charges-helicopter-deal-60738/

DefenceTalkIndia’s defense ministry has ordered an investigation into the purchase of jet fighter engines from Britain’s Rolls-Royce in a deal reportedly worth $1.6 billion, an official said Monday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will probe allegations of kickbacks over the deal for Rolls-Royce to supply engines to state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) between 2007 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-orders-bribery-probe-into-rolls-royce-deal-58919/

DefenceTalkDespite attempted reforms, India’s defense procurement system remains tainted by corruption and wrongdoing. Today, Deba Mohanty explains why New Delhi has failed to solve a problem that puts the country’s military modernization efforts at risk. India’s defense procurement sector continues to be rocked by instances of corruption and wrongdoing that have the potential to compromise […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-defense-sector-still-plagued-by-corruption-58778/

DefenceTalkThe US military has suspended 34 officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles for cheating on a proficiency test, Air Force leaders said Wednesday. The scandal at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana marked the latest in a series of damaging revelations dogging the country’s nuclear force, including a separate probe into illegal drugs that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-suspends-34-nuclear-missile-officers-over-exam-cheating-50110/

DefenceTalkIndia cancelled on Wednesday a 556-million-euro ($753 million) contract with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland to buy luxury helicopters for VIPs amid bribery allegations. The deal signed in February 2010 was scrapped after Defence Minister A. K. Antony held a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh whose Congress-led government has been buffeted by a string of corruption […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-scraps-agustawestland-chopper-deal-over-bribe-allegations-50019/