Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Angola-Guinea (portugal Intel)

 Angola / Guinea Case: In November 2012, Portuguese authorities identified payments of USD 2.5 million made in Portugal by a Portuguese company to an Angolan official. Portuguese authorities stated that the case involves Angolan interests in Guinea and senior political officials in two countries. The case is “complex”, “very sensitive” and “could affect international relations”. The allegations were detected through an STR in November 2012

Portugal and Iran 2011 (portugal intel)

 Plane Acquisition (Iran) Case: According to a media report, Iran attempted to purchase an airliner from a sultan of unknown nationality in 2002. A Portuguese national of Syrian origin was an intermediary in the deal. Iran claimed that the then-head of the Iranian acquisition authority was allegedly bribed, presumably by the Portuguese intermediary. The intermediary then pocketed rather than transferred the purchase money to the seller. In April 2008, a Swiss court ruled that evidence gathered pursuant to an MLA request could be transmitted to Iran. This decision was reversed on appeal in 2011. Portuguese authorities first learned about the case after they were informed by the Working Group of a media article containing the allegation. Thereafter, they interviewed an individual in Portugal who was in the business of aircraft purchases, and who stated that he had not heard of the transaction. Portuguese authorities then terminated the case because the identity of the Portuguese intermediary was unknown. They did not seek further information from Iran or Switzerland.

old submarines sold as new one's (Portugal intel)

 The 2004 EUR 1 billion Portuguese purchase of two submarines from German contractors, HowaldtswerkeDeutsche Werft, MAN Ferrostaal, and Thyssen Nordseewerk, (jointly the German Submarine Consortium), has been dogged by allegations of corruption around the main deal and the offset package, valued at EUR 1.21 billion. German executives were accused of “paying their Portuguese counterparts EUR 1 million to disguise old investments as new ones as they sought to fulfil the offset obligations”.21 The scheme is alleged to have cost the Portuguese government EUR 34 million.


http://ti-defence.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Licence-to-Bribe-web.pdf

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