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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has heavily criticised a decision to curtail an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into BAE Systems, the UK’s biggest arms company. The Government today announced that the investigation was being dropped, adding that it would otherwise last for a further eighteen months. CAAT spokesperson Nicholas Gilby
Claims that a fraud investigation is threatening 50,000 UK jobs at BAE Systems have been exposed as untrue. The claims, which concern the potential loss of a deal to sell Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia, contradict a report commissioned by Eurofighter’s own PR office. The report suggests that the number of UK jobs secured by
Tony Blair has been urged not to curtail fraud investigations into BAE Systems, following claims that the Saudi royal family wants them stopped. The Saudi regime has allegedly pressurised Tony Blair to halt an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into accusations of multimillion pound bribes paid by BAE Systems to Saudi officials.
The UK’s universities own shares in the arms trade worth over £15million, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. 45 universities and university colleges have admitted that they own shares in at least one top arms company. Three institutions – UCL, Trinity Hall Cambridge and the University of Liverpool – each
Hundreds of campaigners have formed a human chain around the headquarters of DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation), a Government unit that secures business for private arms companies. They encircled DESO’s central London offices at 1.00pm today calling for DESO to be shut and labelling the building a Global Danger Zone. The chain involved about
Politicians and religious leaders are amongst public figures who are calling for the closure of DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation), a Government unit that secures business for private arms companies. They include the leaders of the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party along with prominent Labour backbenchers such as Clare Short and
As the UK announced the sale of 72 Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia, campaigners called on the Government to come clean on the details of the deal. The sale was announced today by the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems, who will be the primary producer. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) pointed out that
Anti-arms trade protestors erected a spoof entrance to the Farnborough International arms fair today, to mark the opening trade day. Two actors, dressed as Tony Blair and Alan Garwood, the Head of the Government’s Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO), rolled out the red carpet to welcome human rights abusers to shop for weapons at
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