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The Noricum scandal, or Noricum affair was an
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n arms export scandal centering on the illegal export of weapons to
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, by VOEST subsidiary ''Noricum'' during the 1980s. It was named after the Roman geographical area
Noricum Noricum () is the Latin name for the Celts, Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia. In the first century AD, it became a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire. Its borders were th ...
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Noricum Maschinenbau und Handel Noricum () is the Latin name for the Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia. In the first century AD, it became a province of the Roman Empire. Its borders were the Danube to the north, ...
, based in
Liezen Liezen (Central Bavarian: ''Liezn'') is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns. Population Politics Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party ...
, company involved in manufacturer of the arms *
GC-45 howitzer The GC-45 (''Gun, Canada, 45-calibre'') is a 155 mm howitzer designed by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation (SRC) in the 1970s. Versions were produced by a number of companies during the 1980s, notably in Austria and South Africa. The ...
, armaments product exported illegally *
Alfred Worm Alfred Worm (14 June 1945 – 4 February 2007) was an Austrian journalist, author and university professor. Career Worm was born in Gmünd, Lower Austria, and began his professional studies at HTL Mödling, an engineering school in Austria. H ...
, journalist involved in uncovering the scandal


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Military scandals Corporate scandals 1980s in Austria Arms control Weapons trade Foreign relations during the Iran–Iraq War Scandals in Austria {{Crime-stub