Contracting fraud in US wars reached $31-60 billion, much tied to base spending.

Evidence

The Commission on Wartime Contracting, which Congress established to investigate waste and abuse, has estimated that there has been 31 billion to 60 billion in contracting fraud in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars alone, with most of it involving bases in and around the two countries. In Singapore, at least four Navy officials have recently been charged with receiving bribes—in the form of cash, gifts, and sexual services—in exchange for providing a contractor with inside information and helping to inflate the company’s billing. Globally, billions of dollars are likely wasted or misused every year. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 677

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• SHARE: The $31-60 billion fraud figure plus the Singapore bribe specifics (cash, gifts, sexual services) make a vivid, concrete testament to send to anyone writing on defense contracting.