Millbank Technical Services
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 Millbank Technical Services  | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1967 |
| Founder |  John Cuckney |
| Parent organization | Crown Agents |
| Type | commercial |
| Used for facilitateing bribes during arms deals | |
Millbank Technical Services was an obscure body that Lester Suffield's predecessor, Ray Brown, had spotted as having laundering potential.
Origins
MTS had an office in Abbey Orchard Street, only a few strides from the Ministry of Defence. It was set up in 1967 as a limited company, a subsidiary of Crown Agents. As a limited liability company, MTS make it easier to put together credit deals for the Crown Agents' customers and hide bribes. "Foreign buyers frequently wanted the apparent respectability of official government-to-government package deals, while Whitehall wanted to pretend it had nothing to do with bribery and its inevitable stench. The motto at MTS was therefore henceforth to be: "Now you see it; now you don't.""[1]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Crown Agents | article | July 2007 | Dean Andromidas | |
| Document:Memo To Prime Minister - Your Merchants of Death Are Cooking The Books | article | 17 October 1980 | Duncan Campbell | |
| Document:Millbank Technical Services | article | 8 June 2007 | David Leigh Rob Evans |
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