In the West, the best known member of the House of Saud has been Prince Bandar bin Sultan. He was Saudi ambassador to the US for 20-years and such a regular guest at the Bush ranch that he came to be treated as one of the family.
According to the BBC, Bandar has also been the recipient of as much as a billion pounds sterling paid under the table in bribes by BAE to cinch a 43 billion pound sale of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Tony Blair intervened to prevent any British official enquiry into the alleged bribery scandal but other countries, such as Switzerland, are conducting enquiries of their own.
The BBC programme Panorama ran a report claiming that the money was paid to Prince Bandar with the knowledge of the British Ministry of Defence.
According to the BBC, Bandar has also been the recipient of as much as a billion pounds sterling paid under the table in bribes by BAE to cinch a 43 billion pound sale of military aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Tony Blair intervened to prevent any British official enquiry into the alleged bribery scandal but other countries, such as Switzerland, are conducting enquiries of their own.
The BBC programme Panorama ran a report claiming that the money was paid to Prince Bandar with the knowledge of the British Ministry of Defence.
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