"corruption scandal involving Italian helicopters" means the incident that an Intalian exective paid bribes to get a contact with India.
Though I can't say whether it's true or not, a traveler said "I couldn't get a ticket to go back home until I paid bribes to a staff in a ticket counter at an airport."
I guess redrafting procedures is required not only in weapons import procedures but also whole the public workplaces in that country.
