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The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, an arms manufacturer principally financed by the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, for winning a bid to supply to India their 155 mm field howitzer. The scandal relates to illegal kickbacks paid in a US$1.4-billion deal between the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors with the government of India for the sale of 410 field howitzer guns, and a supply contract almost twice that amount. It was the biggest arms deal ever in Swe

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  • Bofors scandal (en)
  • Bofors-Skandal (de)
  • Affaire Bofors (fr)
  • Boforsaffären (sv)
  • Дело Бофорса (ru)
  • Справа Бофорса (uk)
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  • L'affaire Bofors est une importante affaire de corruption qui eut lieu en Inde en 1986. (fr)
  • Boforsaffären är ett samlingsnamn för två vapenaffärer som vapentillverkaren Bofors var inblandad i och som upptäcktes under 1980-talet. Det gäller dels smuggling av vapen, dels påståenden att Bofors skulle ha använts sig av mutor för att få sälja haubitser till Indien. (sv)
  • Дело «Бофорса» — громкий коррупционный скандал в Индии и Швеции в 1980-е годы, результатом которого стало внесение оружейной компании «Бофорс» в «чёрный список» компаний и поражение партии Раджива Ганди «Индийский национальный конгресс» на выборах. (ru)
  • Справа «Бофорса» — гучний корупційний скандал в Індії та Швеції в 1980-і роки, результатом якого стало внесення виробника зброї «Бофорс» до «чорного списку» підприємств і поразки партії Раджива Ганді «Індійський національний конгрес» на виборах. (uk)
  • Der Bofors-Skandal war ein großer Korruptionsskandal, der die indische und in geringerem Maße auch die schwedische Innenpolitik ab 1987 beschäftigte. In der Amtszeit von Premierminister Rajiv Gandhi, dem Sohn der früheren indischen Ministerpräsidentin Indira Gandhi, plante das indische Verteidigungsministerium 1986 den Kauf von 410 155-mm-Feldhaubitzen vom Typ Haubits FH-77B des schwedischen Rüstungsherstellers Bofors AB im Wert von insgesamt 1,4 Milliarden US-Dollar.Mit einer Radiosendung in Schweden kam der Skandal am 16. April 1987 ins Rollen. Berichten der schwedischen Tageszeitung Dagens Nyheter zufolge soll Bofors dabei 40 Millionen US-Dollar als „Kickback-Provisionen“ (Schmiergelder) über Schweizer Bankkonten an indische Persönlichkeiten gezahlt haben, um seinen französischen Wettbe (de)
  • The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, an arms manufacturer principally financed by the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, for winning a bid to supply to India their 155 mm field howitzer. The scandal relates to illegal kickbacks paid in a US$1.4-billion deal between the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors with the government of India for the sale of 410 field howitzer guns, and a supply contract almost twice that amount. It was the biggest arms deal ever in Swe (en)
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