“The defence industry is particularly prone to [corruption], to the despair of many of the honest politicians and practitioners in the area” - Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, formerly secretary general of NATO (November 2007)

Press Release

TI(UK) regrets the end of the judicial review in relation to Al Yamamah contract

Transparency International (UK) regrets the House of Lords' rejection of the April 2008 Divisional Court judgment on the application of Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade. 

"The hope that our Courts might rescue the credibility of the Government's duty to fight corruption has evaporated", said Laurence Cockcroft, Chair of TI(UK). 

Defence Corruption News Digest

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             Edition 30 - NEW
  • Asia-Pacific: Taiwan's ex-president rejects defamation charges
  • Europe: Law lords: fraud office right to end bribery investigation in BAE case
  • Americas: Secret Arms Deals - An Invitation to Corruption?
  • Middle East: Corruption could undermine Afghan peace
  • Africa: Mbeki 'paid R30m arms-deal bribe'

Latest Interviews

danielsantorord.jpg Interview with Daniel Santoro

Daniel Santoro is editor of the politics section of the newspaper Clarín, where he specialises in corruption cases. Transparency International UK’s defence sector team spoke with Daniel about defence sector corruption in Argentina.

For a full list of interviewees click here.

Newest Publications

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Building Transparency and Reducing Corruption in Defence: Workshop of Institutional and Inter-governmental Practitioners, Geneva, May 2008

Proceedings and outputs from the workshop jointly held by Transparency International (UK), the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, and the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of the Armed Forces.

Working Paper Addressing corruption and building integrity in defence establishments

The Working Paper outlines the issue of corruption in the defence sector, and presents ideas for enhancing transparency in the sector. 


Building Integrity and Reducing Corruption Risk in Defense Establishments

This paper by Transparency International UK's defence team is published in the Summer 2008 edition of NATO Connections quarterly journal 

Upcoming Events

July 2008

Launch of ASD's Common Industry Standards for European Aerospace and Defence

October 2008

Session on building integrity in defence institutions at the International Anti-Corruption Conference (Athens, Greece)