Lockheed bribery scandals
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The Lockheed bribery scandals were a series of high-profile corruption cases in the 1970s involving the U.S. aerospace company Lockheed paying illegal bribes to foreign officials and politicians to secure aircraft contracts, leading to major political fallout in several countries.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Lockheed bribery scandal | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
corruption scandal
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international scandal ⓘ political scandal ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Italy
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Japan ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Germany ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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surface form:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations
Senate committees ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Senate hearings
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| endTime | late 1970s ⓘ |
| followedBy | enactment of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ⓘ |
| hasCause |
competition for military aircraft contracts
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payment of bribes to foreign officials ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
damage to Lockheed Corporation’s reputation
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greater scrutiny of arms deals ⓘ public outrage in multiple countries ⓘ resignation of Italian President Giovanni Leone ⓘ resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ resignation of Prince Bernhard from public offices ⓘ strengthening of anti-corruption laws ⓘ |
| involves |
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter ⓘ Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ⓘ civilian airliner procurement ⓘ military aircraft procurement ⓘ |
| legalAction |
U.S. Senate investigations
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criminal prosecutions in Italy ⓘ criminal prosecutions in Japan ⓘ investigations in West Germany ⓘ investigations in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent |
Italy
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Japan ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
West Germany ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Lockheed Martin
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surface form:
Lockheed Corporation
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| pointInTime | 1970s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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arms industry corruption ⓘ corporate governance reforms ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
A. Carl Kotchian
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Frank Church ⓘ Giovanni Leone ⓘ Henry A. Kissinger ⓘ
surface form:
Henry Kissinger
Jimmy Carter ⓘ Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ Karl-Heinz Schreiber ⓘ Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| startTime | early 1970s ⓘ |
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