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Raytheon accepted it would ‘live with’ red flags of corruption in Qatar

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( October 17, 2024, 15:29 GMT | Comment) -- As Raytheon struggled to win defense contracts in Qatar due to opaque military procurement processes, the company turned to a cousin of the emir and hired him as an agent, according to a document filed yesterday as part of settlements reached with US authorities. “We have always had some ‘red flags’ that we basically accepted to live with,” a Raytheon compliance employee was quoted in the document as saying about the Qatari agent.As Raytheon struggled to win defense contracts in Qatar due to opaque military procurement processes, the company turned to a cousin of the emir and hired him as an agent, according to a document filed yesterday as part of settlements reached with US authorities....

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