 In September 2005, a joint-investigation by "The Guardian" and "La Tercera" revealed that the British arms firm BAE Systems had been identified as having paid more than £1m to Pinochet through a front company in the British Virgin Islands, which BAE has used to channel commissions on arms deals.The payments began in 1997 and lasted until 2004.BAE had tried to conclude a deal in the 1990s to sell Chile a rocket system and as of 2005 was trying to sell it naval electronics.