Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2006
European Parliament rendition inquiry
A European Parliament investigation named Tepper among companies alleged to have moved detainees between secret facilities and countries associated with torture or detention without trial.
2005
Council of Europe investigation into rendition aircraft
The Council of Europe investigated allegations that aircraft connected with Tepper formed part of a CIA network transporting terrorism suspects through Europe.
2003
Alleged Abu Omar rendition flight
Italian prosecutors alleged that a Tepper-operated aircraft helped transport Egyptian cleric Abu Omar after his abduction in Milan, routing him through a U.S. facility in Germany to Egypt.
1989
Alleged covert arms flights to UNITA
Tepper was widely reported as a CIA front involved in transporting weapons and personnel to UNITA during the Angolan Civil War. The company denied aspects of the reporting, but the allegations were reinforced in coverage of the 1989 Hercules crash near Jamba.