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Saudi defence deal

An investigation into the UK-Saudi Sangcom contract

24 March 2024

  • Guardian illustration of secret report on British-Saudi arms deal featuring Saudi defence minister, Prince Bandar bin Sultan

    Al-Yamamah arms deal report comes to light ending anti-corruption campaigners’ battle

    Inquiry by National Audit Office into British-Saudi arms contract reveals evidence of MoD deception over bribery allegations

12 March 2024

  • Design featuring images of Saudi money and a jockey on a racehorse

    Foreign Office official floated idea of giving honour to fixer for Saudi royals

  • Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah.

    The Ministry of Defence’s multimillion-pound Saudi defence deal

11 March 2024

  • Composite graphic

    US defence contractor paid commissions to Saudi firm later alleged to be conduit for bribes

    Harris had longstanding relationship with ABTSS, later alleged by British prosecutors to have handled or received illegal payments

9 March 2024

  • Exterior of the Ministry of Defence building in London

    UK government facing two sets of legal action after Saudi defence deal trial

    Whistleblower Ian Foxley alleges MoD had role in him losing his job while acquitted businessman John Mason seeks payment of legal costs

8 March 2024

  • Bandar bin Sultan

    MoD paid millions into Saudi account amid BAE corruption scandal

    Documents show officials stressing need to ‘keep the Saudis on side’ after revelations about notorious al-Yamamah deal

7 March 2024

  • An illustration of Prince Miteb bin Abdullah

    Who is Prince Miteb? Saudi royal said to have pocketed MoD money

    Saudi prince once tipped as contender for king is believed to have taken a large cut from UK defence contracts
  • MOD arms

    ‘Deniable fiddle’: the MoD, Saudi Arabia and a scandal half a century in the making

    Revelations about payments by Ministry of Defence are culmination of decades of British deal-making with Saudis
  • Composite of Hammond and Miteb

    MoD signed £8m deal with firm later alleged to be conduit for secret payments to Saudi prince

    Project Arrow contract signed amid scramble to keep on track £1.6bn defence deal and ran until at least 2017

6 March 2024

  • Southwark crown court graphic

    Two men acquitted of bribing Saudis in huge British defence deal

    Jury acquits Jeffrey Cook and John Mason after lawyers argue payments were authorised by UK and Saudi governments
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