Panama scandals

Target entity: Panama scandals
Context triple: [Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, majorEvent, Panama scandals]

• A. Bofors scandal
  The Bofors scandal was a major Indian political corruption controversy in the 1980s involving alleged kickbacks in a Swedish howitzer gun deal, which severely damaged the credibility of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government.
• B. Straperlo scandal
  The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
• C. Iran–Contra affair
  The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
• D. Saltergate
  Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
• E. Whiskey Ring scandal
  The Whiskey Ring scandal was a major 1870s U.S. political corruption scheme involving distillers and government officials who conspired to defraud the federal government of liquor tax revenues during President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Panama scandals
Target entity description: The Panama scandals were a major late-19th-century French political and financial corruption affair involving the failed Panama Canal project, which implicated numerous high-ranking officials and businessmen.

• A. Bofors scandal
  The Bofors scandal was a major Indian political corruption controversy in the 1980s involving alleged kickbacks in a Swedish howitzer gun deal, which severely damaged the credibility of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government.
• B. Straperlo scandal
  The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
• C. Iran–Contra affair
  The Iran–Contra affair was a major 1980s U.S. political scandal in which senior officials secretly facilitated arms sales to Iran and diverted the proceeds to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, circumventing congressional restrictions.
• D. Saltergate
  Saltergate is a small hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, known as a popular stopping point on the A169 road overlooking the scenic Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors.
• E. Whiskey Ring scandal
  The Whiskey Ring scandal was a major 1870s U.S. political corruption scheme involving distillers and government officials who conspired to defraud the federal government of liquor tax revenues during President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration.
• F. None of above. chosen