Between 1963 and 1968, the group violated the Federal Council's export bans on war material by supplying weapons to the countries involved in conflicts: Nigeria, South Africa, Malaysia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon. Oerlikon-Bührle obtained the necessary export licences by submitting applications indicating false countries of destination. This practice became public in 1968 after media reported on Oerlikon cannons in the Nigerian civil war.Lea Ingber: Schweizer Kanonen für Nigeria: Die Bührle-Affäre rückt 1968 die Ausfuhr von Kriegsmaterial ins politischen Scheinwerfer, NZZ of 3 November 2014, page 8 (online)
