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An affidavit prepared by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police alleges that a former SNC-Lavalin executive arranged more than $160 million in bribes to the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in exchange for engineering contracts.… Continue Reading
A senior bureaucrat in India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests (“MoEF”), Neeraj Kumar Khatri, has been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of about $13,000 for unspecified assistance with a ministry hearing on an environmental clearance.… Continue Reading
The French oil giant Total SA is on trial in Paris for violating the United Nations oil-for-food program.
Total is accused of buying oil directly from the former Saddam Hussien regime in violation of the U.N.… Continue Reading
New scholarship from Elizabeth Spahn tackles the opportunities and risks behind the new trend of multi-national antibribery enforcement.
It’s a topic crucial to nations joining the war against graft. And it’s no less important to anyone facing the threat of enforcement by two or more countries.… Continue Reading
Inauguration Day has come and gone and America has again installed the new President peacefully and in accordance with the laws. That is the American Way, a tradition we are rightly proud of.… Continue Reading
Lanny Breuer, the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, is reported to be preparing his exit.
As the Assistant Attorney General for the criminal division since 2009, Breuer led the 600 DOJ lawyers who prosecute federal criminal cases across the country.… Continue Reading
In the prior post, I explained why a broad definition of ‘declinations’ is needed to overcome a lack transparency by the DOJ and SEC when tracking agency decisions conclude FCPA investigations without pursuing enforcement actions.… Continue Reading
Former Honduran Telecom Managing Director Marcelo Chimirri has been acquitted by the Honduras Supreme Court of charges of bribery, fraud and abuse of authority.
Chimirri, a nephew of deposed president Manuel Zelaya, was involved in the LatiNode case.… Continue Reading
Laurence Cockcroft is the author of the powerful new book Global Corruption: Money, Power, and Ethics in the Modern World.
In our review, we said Cockcroft, an economist and founding member of Transparency International, ‘leaves math and wonkiness behind (no small feat for an economist) and delivers a great narrative.’… Continue Reading
German sporting goods giant Adidas is putting a fresh foot forward in re-launching its troubled Reebok operations in India.
The company has appointed new management and made significant changes to its operations in India to address a complex corporate fraud that resulted in an estimated loss of approximately $160 million.… Continue Reading
In just ten days, Gaozhou People’s Hospital in Guangdong Province went from being held up as a model of affordable, corruption-free healthcare to the subject of a graft investigation led by a special task force.… Continue Reading
In a recent post, the FCPA Professor questioned the broad application of the label “declination” to any instance of FCPA scrutiny that does not result in an FCPA enforcement action.… Continue Reading