The alleged corruption surrounding the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has affected one of the Spanish defense companies with which it had contracts, the Granada Munitions Factory (FMG). Various European media and the journalistic platform Follow The Money They claim that the Andalusian company remains suspended from the bidding process with the Luxembourg-based agency while its possible involvement is investigated. Without denying this point, FMG’s parent company, the Czech defense group CSG, rejects any irregularity.
“Internal documents obtained (…) reveal that FMG was temporarily excluded from bidding for new contracts in July as part of the corruption investigation,” states the joint investigation of Follow the MoneyBelgian media The evening y Knack and the french The Letter. At the time, FMG had at least three contracts with the NSPA for 122-millimeter projectiles, the information adds, according to which the initial four-month suspension has been extended indefinitely.
NSPA is the agency responsible for providing logistics and procurement support to NATO, its allies, partners and other international organizations. Among others, it makes it easier for allied countries to acquire jointly. In 2025 alone, it placed orders worth 10 billion euros, remember The evening.
In May of last year, several people linked to this agency were arrested, including a Belgian citizen in Spain, as part of a judicial investigation into current and former NSPA employees related to possible irregularities in the awarding of contracts to defense contractors for the purchase of military material for NATO, such as ammunition and drones. It is suspected, remember now Follow the Money, that defense contractors or intermediaries paid million-dollar bribes to obtain contracts from the agency to supply material to both NATO and its 32 members.
Since the police operation last May, the NSPA has maintained a tight seal on its investigations. But in mid-December, he revealed that during the investigations “several” had been discovered, which are being actively investigated. In this framework, the agency continued, companies from NATO member and non-member countries have been “temporarily suspended (…) in which preliminary evidence suggests that sanctionable practices have occurred.” The suspension means that these companies, whose name is not revealed by the NSPA, “cannot participate in any new or ongoing tenders” while the investigations last. “The companies will have the opportunity to respond to the allegations in due course,” the statement added.
Following the media consortium’s revelation, a spokesperson for the Czech parent company of the Granada company has rejected irregularities, but has implicitly confirmed that FMG is in the crosshairs of investigations into possible cases of bribery and money laundering that affect the NSPA.
CSG has carried out a “complete legal audit of FMG’s business with the NSPA agency over the past few years,” company spokesman Andrej Čírtek said in a statement published this Tuesday, hours after the journalistic investigation was published.
“Based on these results, and to the best of the company’s knowledge and belief, FMG believes that it has not engaged in any irregularities or activities contrary to regulations,” says the spokesperson, according to which the Granada company “has been actively communicating and cooperating with the NSPA in order to clarify the current situation and has shared the results of its internal audit with the agency.”
The Granada Ammunition Factory, which follows the centuries-old tradition of gunpowder production in the Andalusian city, has belonged to the Czech CSG since 2020. The company develops and manufactures large-caliber ammunition for tanks and artillery. It also manufactures high-performance single-component propellants for medium caliber ammunition and EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) demolition equipment, as well as components for ammunition and missiles, according to its parent company description.
This firm also ensures that, despite the suspension of the NSPA, the Granada company “continues to be able to sell directly to NATO member states.” The NSPA has not responded to questions from this newspaper about the case.
