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Compliance professionals facing push back from deal makers ought to take heart from a recent English High Court decision involving UBS (AG) London UBS and Leipzig’s water utility KWL.
The decision (available here) is long and complex and arises from the sale and enforcement of collaterised debt obligations with potentially huge liabilities.… Continue Reading
A Benedictine abbey in Germany’s southern state of Baden Württemberg has discovered a secret fortune amassed by the former spiritual head of the monastery.
Norbert Stoffels was abbot of Nereseheim Abbey from 1977 until he died in 2012.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Resident Legal Advisor – Ukraine
Employer: U.S. Department of Justice
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Description
The Resident Legal Advisor will represent the U.S. Department of Justice through the Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training’s office in Kyiv, Ukraine, implementing foreign criminal justice sector development and technical assistance programs with an anti-corruption focus.… Continue Reading
Extradition is the official process where one country transfers a suspected or convicted criminal to another country. The process dates back to at least the 1300s BC, when Ramesses II of Egypt negotiated an extradition treaty with Hattusili III, a Hittite king.… Continue Reading
Police found more than 200 million yuan ($33 million) in cash at the home of an energy official accused of taking bribes, a senior prosecutor said Friday.
It was China’s biggest cash seizure ever.… Continue Reading