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German Frigate Consortium Under Investigation for Allegedly Paying Bribes in South Africa


In February 2007, the German Press reported that prosecutors were investigating allegations that a German shipbuilding consortium, German Frigate Consortium (GFC), paid bribes to South African officials to win a major defense contract.


References
IOL  [Publication date: 8/8/2008] ''Mbeki's integrity intact'' by Boyd Webb
   http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080808060922760C
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[ Date URL accessed: 10/8/2008 ]

The Times  [Publication date: 23/3/2008] 'We need a TRC for all players in the arms deal'
   http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Insight/Article.aspx?id=731942
[ Date URL accessed: 7/4/2008 ]

The Times (South Africa)  [Publication date: 23/3/2008] 'What is Mbeki trying to hide?' by Andrew Feinstein
   http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Insight/Article.aspx?id=731901
[ Date URL accessed: 23/3/2008 ]

News24  [Publication date: 19/3/2008] ''Ministers linked to arms deal''
   http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2291114,00.html
[ Date URL accessed: 20/3/2008 ]

Spiegel Online  [Publication date: 5/2/2007] 'Bribery Allegations Cloud German Ship Sale to South Africa'
   http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,464319,00.html
[ Date URL accessed: 6/2/2007 ]


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