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Accounting of the CSS relate to $12. 4 m paid marketers in Tanzania to facilitate an agreement with the country air traffic control.?Photo: Alamy

BAE walking the Court this morning the poorest ￡ 750,000.

The sum of global from the BAE with the Serious Fraud Office plea negotiation may be 30 m ￡, however money only business is legally obliged to pay is fined ￡ 500,000 and costs ￡ 250,000 ordered by judge Bean.

Both are on a charge of failing to keep accounting records relating to the sale of a 40 m air traffic control system $ (￡ 28 m) in Tanzania.

The balance of the 30 m ￡ agreed with the SFO must be paid in "the people of Tanzania" repairs by BAE.

After conviction, Richard Alderman, Director of the serious fraud Office (SFO), said: "I expect to BAE in honour of the agreement." I expect the company pay as soon as possible. ?

Yet, despite investigation for years and negotiating plea being agreed in February, BAE has yet to put in place a mechanism to pay money.

Three possibilities appear immediately. First of all that money is given to the Government of Tanzania, a route that is thought to be privileged by the OST; Secondly that BAE provides money directly to charities in Tanzania. Thirdly that an independent party, possibly the World Bank, is used as an intermediary to distribute money.

However, each solution carries potential problems.

The Tanzanian Government could refuse to accept payment of BAE. Taking cash from BAE of the 40 million air traffic control agreement of ￡ negotiated can be regarded locally as an attending judge described as "suspicious activity" tacit admission

Nick Hildyard campaign group Corner House said: "" the tragedy is the Government of Tanzania should not even accept money, as do this can be seen to be admitting its share in the case. ""

Give money to charities and could transform repair in little more than an exercise in PR of BAE Systems. No process has been set up to facilitate third avenue.

A spokesman for said BAE company sought actively to how she would pay 29 ￡. 3 M repair in Tanzania. He said that no formula or calendar was fixed.

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The judge stated that he was "surprised" when the prosecution has recognized this fact.

BAE said it was pleased that the issue is now closed and said that he was working on a method to make the payment in Tanzania.

Fine brings to put an end to a trial has started in February when the CSS agreed to plead guilty of "infringement of the obligation to keep accounting records" for the agreement of radar in Tanzania.

BAE also agreed to pay a 400 m $ United States after admission to "defraud the United States" fine on the sale of aircraft in Europe, Saudi Arabia. ?

As a result, AFS and the u.s. Department of justice ending their investigations into corruption and corruption by BAE.

Yesterday, High Court judge presiding over the established regulations questioned evidence and advocacy of the SFO with BAE contract terms.

Judge Bean threatened to call to put an end to the condemnation of BAE, questioning if he could continue on the basis of the facts before him. Although he pursued with conviction was not before the tear in the evidence presented by the prosecution.

"My dominant feeling is that you can't phrase with this evidence," said judge Bean. "The proposal that the Crown could not prove the criminal standard that corrupt payments have been carried out one thing." Say that these payments were used correctly is another.

"There is a wide gap."

Deal with the SFO involved BAE society pay 30 m ￡ fine after pleading guilty of failing to keep proper accounting records. Accounting records relate to $12. 4 m paid a "marketing officer" in Tanzania, Shailesh Vithlani to facilitate an agreement with the country air traffic control.

The evidence before the Tribunal created a trail of payments made by companies offshore M. Vithlani. About 97pc $ 12. costs of 4 m was paid to British Virgin Islands company BAE described as a "hidden". The balance is paid to a company called Merlin recorded in Tanzania and described by BAE as "manifest". Both companies were controlled by Mr. Vithlani.

The Court heard secret agents hired by BAE in a number of circumstances. While it was illegal to employ openly. due to tax implications arising from the agent payments not declared to third parties; or to avoid the "interest embarrassment and press on" due to the large paid.

The normal limit on payments to secret agents was 20pc award of a contract. Because fees of Mr. Vithlani 30pc has personally authorized BAE and Chairman Sir Richard Evans.

Judge Bean also disputed terms of generalized compensation agreed between BAE and SFO to exclude certain additional charges relating to the case.

By cases such as BAE and earlier this year, Innospec and Robert Dougall, AFS has attempted to establish a precedent for plea bargaining in British law.

In the case of corruption Roseate judge Bean, the same judge sitting in the BAE, case has transformed a sentence agreed in a sentence of imprisonment.

A ￡ 12. 7 m fine agreed with chemicals Innospec society has been branded "insufficient".

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