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Bofors scandal, an Uncommon card
The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 63,000
Ranked #2,198 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- These politicians were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, an arms manufacturer principally financed by the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, for winning a bid to supply to India the company's 155 mm field howitzer – the sale of 410 field howitzers, and a supply contract for almost twice that amount, totalling a US$1.4 billion deal.
- It was the biggest arms deal ever in Sweden, and money marked for development projects was diverted to secure this contract at any cost.
- The investigations revealed flouting of rules and bypassing of institutions.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bofors scandal article was read about 63,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Bofors scandal (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mick from Northamptonshire, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.


