It is clear that this type of thing was going on and the decision by the UK authorities to suspend the investigation under threat by the Saudi government to suspend their anti-terrorism cooperation is scandalous.
The Saudi authorities need to be brought back into line and there should not be acquiescence.
On the other hand, when we talk about the Saudi State we really mean the 5,000 princes and the state till is equivalent of the family bank account. In this situation, taking ´commissions´ is really only another way for the Family to negotiate a reduction in the price.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
See article:
A Saudi prince who negotiated a £40bn arms deal between Britain and Saudi Arabia received secret payments for over a decade, a BBC probe has found.
The UK's biggest arms dealer, BAE Systems, paid hundreds of millions of pounds to the ex-Saudi ambassador to the US, Prince Bandar bin Sultan.
The payments were made with the full knowledge of the Ministry of Defence.
Prince Bandar would not comment on the investigation and BAE Systems said it acted lawfully at all times.
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