So, somebody is surprised that the Krauts can’t get around to prosecuting corruption? They’re still doing it, seemingly. One of our local boys got busted back in the 80’s for signing on as an agent for Lockheed. Libya wanted a couple of Lockheed’s planes so one Ed Elkins did the paperwork to “sell” them to a German company, who, in turn, passed them off to Quadaffyduck. Ed spent 8 years in FedMed in the 90’s for it. The judge would not let him call anyone from Lockheed at the trial and no one from Germany was ever prosecuted. Same system the Renoufs and the Abs used.
International bidness must go on, you know. During WW II the Germans were using an artillery fuse that was patented by an English co. After the war the Kraut Co. wrote a check for some 400K$ for using the patent. same-o-same-o?
If you live long enough, you see everything, at least twice!