Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Brazil’s Senate voted Wednesday to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office. The vote was 61 to 20, well clear of the two-thirds needed to pass the impeachment motion.
The Senate had suspended Rousseff in May after voting to hold an impeachment trial.… Continue Reading
The SEC awarded more than $22 million Tuesday to a whistleblower whose “detailed tip and extensive assistance” helped stop a well-hidden fraud at the company where the whistleblower worked.
A lawyer said his client, a former Monsanto finance employee, received the award.… Continue Reading
The Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday charged U.K.-based pharma AstraZeneca PLC with violating the books and records and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when wholly-owned subsidiaries in China and Russia made illegal payments to boost drug sales.… Continue Reading
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has launched an on-line consultation on liability of legal persons/corporate liability.
The liability of legal persons is a key feature of the emerging legal infrastructure for the global economy.… Continue Reading
Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto (official government photo)After an aggressive grassroots campaign, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto recently announced the enactment of sweeping changes to Mexico’s anti-corruption regime. The new law is a significant step toward transparency in a country that consistently ranks among the most corrupt in the region and the world.… Continue Reading
Has the SEC paid a whistleblower for an FCPA-related tip? Yes, according to reports this week.
FCPA Today carried this item Tuesday morning:
Making FCPA History? The SEC doesn’t identify whistleblowers.… Continue Reading
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a non-profit network of investigative journalism centers in Europe and Eurasia, launched a searchable data platform that now has more than 3.6 million documents.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Import Export Analyst
Employer: BAE Systems, Inc.
Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States
General Job Description:
Reviews, monitors, and reports the company’s international trade activities against U.S. Government international trade laws and regulations specific to controlled products, services, technology and software.… Continue Reading
One of South Korea’s top executives was found dead on a walking trail Friday morning in Gyeonggi Province in an apparent suicide.
Lotte Group vice chairman Lee In-won, 69, the closest aide to Lotte chairman Shin Dong-bin, was found hanging from a tree.… Continue Reading
Secretary of State John Kerry made his third visit to Nigeria in 20 months this week, talking in the most explicit terms any top-level American official has used to explain the direct link between corruption and terrorism.… Continue Reading
In the prior post, we talked about anti-corruption enforcement actions and investigations involving real estate. Now let’s look at real estate-related compliance.
A strong compliance program can help an investor detect and avoid a high-risk transaction, or at a minimum ensure that the investor avoids liability for conduct of a rogue third party.… Continue Reading
International success now depends on business leaders having “the foreign policy acumen to distinguish what they can and cannot do,” according to John Chipman, the director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.… Continue Reading
