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UK and France open bribery and corruption probe into French defense firm Thales (apnews.com)
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The SFO did not detail the exact allegations, but reports have said that police in France, the Netherlands and Spain searched the company’s offices in June, over suspicions of corruption linked to arms sales abroad.

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[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

I’m more surprised they did anything, Thales must have done something major to provoke the law to bother to look.