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The Latest Breaking News from Jeffrey Cook

Former MoD civil servant jailed over £70,000 in illegal payments and gifts

Jeffrey Cook received £44,000 in cash and two cars worth £30,000 as kickbacks on public contract that he arranged

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024

Friday briefing: The Saudi defence deal revealed in a UK trial

In today’s newsletter: A new investigation into the murky relationship between the UK Ministry of Defence, middle men, and the Saudi royal family

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024

‘Deniable fiddle’: the MoD, Saudi Arabia and a scandal half a century in the making

Revelations about payments by Ministry of Defence are culmination of decades of British deal-making with Saudis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

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MoD signed £8m deal with firm later alleged to be conduit for secret payments to Saudi prince

Project Arrow contract signed amid scramble to keep on track £1.6bn defence deal and ran until at least 2017

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024

Two men acquitted of bribing Saudis in huge British defence deal

Jury acquits Jeffrey Cook and John Mason after lawyers argue payments were authorised by UK and Saudi governments

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024

UK ministers approved £60m payments to Saudi royals to maintain arms deal, court told

Payments allegedly facilitated by senior government and military figures to secure arms contracts for British firms

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023

In trying to close its coal power plant, Austin encounters obstacles to going green

The city approved a plan in 2020 to shut the Fayette Power Project plant with the aim of eliminating carbon emissions. But political, economic and technological forces have gotten in the way.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 16, 2023

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Jury discharged in trial of UK middlemen accused of Saudi bribes

Jeffrey Cook, 65, and John Mason, 79, deny making corrupt payments to senior Saudis in exchange for contracts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

UK used ‘deniable fiddle’ to hide £60m of payments to Saudis, court told

Payments to a future Saudi king and other officials allegedly approved as part of huge arms deal

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022

UK middlemen paid £9.7m in bribes to Saudis for contracts, court told

Jeffrey Cook and John Mason accused of making corrupt payments between 2007 and 2012 to secure deals with Airbus subsidiary

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

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