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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Generate an image of the Lockheed bribery scandals (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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instanceOf corruption scandal ⓘ
international scandal ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
countryInvolved Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United States ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
discoveredBy U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations ⓘ
U.S. Senate hearings ⓘ
linked to: Senate committees
endTime late 1970s ⓘ
followedBy enactment of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ⓘ
hasCause competition for military aircraft contracts ⓘ
payment of bribes to foreign officials ⓘ
hasEffect damage to Lockheed Corporation’s reputation ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter ⓘ
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ⓘ
civilian airliner procurement ⓘ
military aircraft procurement ⓘ
legalAction U.S. Senate investigations ⓘ
criminal prosecutions in Italy ⓘ
criminal prosecutions in Japan ⓘ
investigations in West Germany ⓘ
investigations in the Netherlands ⓘ
locationOfEvent Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United States ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
mainSubject Lockheed Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Lockheed Martin
pointInTime 1970s ⓘ
relatedTo Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ⓘ
arms industry corruption ⓘ
corporate governance reforms ⓘ
significantPerson A. Carl Kotchian ⓘ
Frank Church ⓘ
Giovanni Leone ⓘ
Henry Kissinger ⓘ
linked to: Henry A. Kissinger

Jimmy Carter ⓘ
Kakuei Tanaka ⓘ
Karl-Heinz Schreiber ⓘ
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands ⓘ
startTime early 1970s ⓘ

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