Editing Allivane and Allivane International (section)

==Controversies and Investigations==
Scott Report (1996):
The Scott Report, investigating UK arms sales to Iraq during the 1980–1990 Iran-Iraq War, detailed Allivane’s exports to Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, and Austria (1985–1989), noting shipments to Iraq via intermediaries. The report described Allivane as a key player in breaching the UK’s arms embargo, with government knowledge. The government suppressed parts of the report to obscure the full extent of UK/US involvement.
===Customs and Police Raids===
In 1987, HM Customs & Excise raided Allivane’s London office, alongside Astra Explosives and Matrix Churchill, following a Dutch investigation into Muiden Chemie’s shipments to Iran. No prosecutions resulted, indicating the government in a cover-up and used the raid as a way of obtaining incriminating evidence.

In 1988, Strathclyde Police investigated fraud allegations by Heneaghan against Byrne, passing evidence of illegal exports to Customs, but the inquiry was closed.
===Insolvency and Cover-Up===
By 1988, Allivane was insolvent, requiring MoD intervention to fulfill a Saudi Arabia arms order. It collapsed, rebranded as Aerotechnologies, which also went bust. The collapse of related firms (Astra, Polly Peck, Ferranti/ISC, BCCI) was allegedly deliberate to erase evidence of illegal arms deals. Legal firms like [[Baileys Shaw & Gillett]] and [[Wright Webb & Syrrett]], tied to Allivane, also went out of business, likely to obscure government involvement.