The Guardian is reporting that Swiss prosecutors have agreed to hand over to U.S. authorities financial records linking the Saudi royal family to the BAE arms trading scandal. The U.S. government is seeking a million plus pages of documents relating from multiple sources touched by the probe. Thusfar Britain's Serious Fraud Office has denied U.S. requests for documents, something that goes back six months. This makes the Swiss disclosures all the more interesting.

Get further details on the BAE probe at The Guardian (including info about a witness flown to the U.S. to provide details to American authorities).

-- MDT

Labels: arms dealing, BAE, Bandar Bush, bribery