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Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) condemns the reported remarks of Prince Andrew slamming the Serious Fraud Office investigation of arms giant BAE Systems. The comments, part of the WikilLeaks cache released on 29 November, were reported in a cable by the US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan following a ” business brunch” two years ago.
District Judge Caroline Tubbs today gave permission for the plea bargain settlement agreed between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and BAE Systems to be heard at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday 20 December. At this unprecedented hearing a judge will be asked to confirm the final settlement. The single criminal
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House have urged the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to bring to the Court’s attention its undertaking never to prosecute any individual in future if doing so involves alleging BAE Systems was guilty of corruption. The request comes on the eve of SFO bringing to
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House have welcomed the decision by the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board (AADB) to investigate KPMG’s audit of arms giant BAE Systems. AADB will study KPMG audits in relation to the commissions paid by BAE through any route to subsidiaries, agents and any connected
Two weeks after the launch of Campaign Against the Arms Trade’s new Ban BAE counter-recruitment campaign, students and anti-arms trade activists kicked off the academic year by taking over a BAE recruitment presentation and staging a die-in at their stall. The action took place at the Guardian’s busy Graduate Fair held at
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has launched its new Ban BAE counter-recruitment campaign at the start of the new university year. CAAT’s Universities’ Network is calling on anti-arms trade activists to take part in direct action against arms giant BAE Systems and stop their participation in recruitment events. BAE is keen to
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has welcomed the vote by delegates at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference to end government support for the arms trade. In a close vote, on 19 September, delegates agreed to include the closure of the government’s arms sales unit, as part of the party’s policy on international development.
Where do the Labour leadership candidates stand on arms trade issues? Do they believe that the UK government should give financial and other support to arms exports? Would they act to redirect public funds from the promotion of arms exports to investment in renewable energy technologies? And how would they deal with private security
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