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  • 13 Nov 2009
    BAE boss shocks audience with dismissive comment on Nimrod deaths

    The head of the multinational arms company BAE Systems has provoked criticism with a dismissive comment about the Haddon-Cave Report into the deaths of 14 members of the UK armed forces in a Nimrod aircraft.

  • 7 Nov 2009
    Integrity corrupted

    I’m sure that I’m not the only person feeling somewhat taken aback by the Prime Minister’s comments yesterday about corruption in Afghanistan.

  • 3 Nov 2009
    Outrage as top arms dealer plans "ethics" lecture

    Dick Olver, head of the multinational arms company BAE Systems, will focus on ethics when delivering the Mountbatten Memorial Lecture next week. The news has been met with a mixture of derision and outrage.

  • 1 Nov 2009
    Democracy is under threat from arms trade, says leading commentator

    The arms trade is undermining democracy in countries around the globe, according to Andrew Feinstein, a former MP in South Africa, who was nicknamed “Mr Clean” by the media for his determination to investigate corruption.

  • 29 Oct 2009
    Nimrod report puts government and arms companies under pressure

    The close relationship between arms companies and the UK government is again under scrutiny following a damning report into the crash of a Nimrod aircraft in Afghanistan in 2006 , which caused the deaths of 14 people.

  • 12 Oct 2009
    South Africa's "Mr Clean" to address British anti-arms gathering

    The South African politician Andrew Feinstein, well-known for his struggles against corruption and the arms industry, has been announced as the key speaker at a major gathering of anti-arms trade activists in the UK later this month.

  • 1 Oct 2009
    Arms trade corruption needs pursuing
  • 1 Oct 2009
    Time for BAE to face justice

    The news that BAE will be prosecuted shouldn't be such a surprise. In a fair world, it would be normal. But fairness is not a quality that has ever applied to BAE, a company that has spent years using its influence to avoid facing justice.

  • 1 Oct 2009
    BAE will finally face court over corruption charges

    The arms company BAE Systems will be charged with corruption after years of allegations and controversy. The Serious Fraud Office has asked the attorney-general to initiate prosecution on charges of multimillion pound bribery.

  • 1 Oct 2009
    Boys behaving badly?

    Potentially the biggest corporate case in British legal history, concerning the persistent corruption allegations against arms giant BAE Systems, is being treated rather lightly by some sections of the media.