List of political scandals in Germany
# List of political scandals in Germany

Political corruption :

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Anti-corruption

Bribery

Cronyism

Economics of corruption

Electoral fraud

Elite capture

Influence peddling

Kleptocracy

Mafia state

Nepotism

Slush fund

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This is a list of major political scandals in Germany:

## 1950s

* Bavaria casino scandal (1955–1962)

## 1960s

* Lockheed bribery scandals (1961–1979)
* Fibag scandal (1961)
* Spiegel affair ("Spiegelaffäre", 1962)
* German rocket experts in Egypt scandal (1962–1965)
* HS.30 scandal (1967–1969)

## 1970s

* "Radikalenerlass" or Berufsverbot (1970s)
* Steiner-Wienand scandal (1972)
* Guillaume affair (1974)
* Stammheim wiretapping scandal (1975–1976)
* Frankfurt SPD donation scandal (1975–1977)
* Rudel Scandal (1976)
* Schmücker trial (1976–1991)
* Filbinger scandal (1978)

## 1980s

* CDU secret party donations scandal ("Parteispendenaffäre"): "Flick affair" (1982)
* General Günter Kießling's supposed closet homosexuality (1984)
* U-Boat plans scandal, planned submarine sales to Apartheid South Africa (1986–1990)
* Waterkantgate, scandal around Uwe Barschel, carrying on past his mysterious death (1987–early 1990s)

## 1990s

* Putnik deal (1990)
* Dream boat scandal (1990–1991)
* Weapons scandal, Israeli inspection and acquisition of East German military hardware scandal, (1991)
* Amigo affair (de:Amigo-Affäre), bribe-scandal forcing the Bavarian prime minister Max Streibl to resign in 1993
* Treuhand (mid-1990s)
* Drawer scandal (1993)
* Work villa scandal (1993)
* Plutonium affair (1995)
* CDU donations scandal (1999) ("Schwarzgeldaffäre")

## 2000s

* Berlin banking scandal (2001)
* Mediation scandal (2002)
* Dachau vote fraud (2002)
* Bonus miles scandal (2002)
* Munich CSU scandal (2003–2007)
* QMF scandal (2004)
* RWE payments scandal (2004)
* German Visa Affair (2005)
* BND surveillance of journalists scandal (2005)
* Sachsensumpf (2007)
* Deutsche Telekom surveillance scandal (2008)
* Libya scandal (2008)

## 2010s

* Guido Westerwelle's WikiLeaks controversy (2011)
* Guttenberg plagiarism scandal (Causa Guttenberg) (2011)
* Causa Wulff (2011)
* Bavaria nepotism scandal (2013)
* Stendal vote fraud (2014)
* Böhmermann affair (2016)
* Montblanc scandal (2016)
* Regensburg party donation scandal [de] (2017)
* Asylum office scandal (2018)
* Alternative for Germany donation scandal (2018)

## 2020s

* Coup d'état plot (2022)
* Wirecard scandal (2022)
