Military procurement courruption

The Malaysian defense contractor who pleaded guilty in one of the Navy's worst bribery cases was a main point of contact for its ships at ports across Asia for more than two decades.

While the guilty plea by Leonard Glenn Francis in federal court Thursday - only hours after a second Navy commander also pleaded guilty on conspiracy charges - was hailed as a major victory in the case, federal prosecutors say they are not done in their investigation of the scheme that involved officials who were bought off with everything from cash, prostitutes and luxury travel to Cuban cigars, Kobe beef and Spanish suckling pigs.

The years long investigation that has spanned about a dozen countries is "continuing and is gathering momentum," U.S. Assistant Attorney Mark Pletcher said, adding that authorities have gathered "terabyte upon terabyte of electronic data."

Navy bribery probe far from over despite key figure's plea