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Companies from the oil and gas industry have disclosed 28 open and ongoing FCPA-related investigations.
Seven of those companies are oil and gas exploration and production firms, and 21 are oil and gas services companies, according to FCPA Tracker.… Continue Reading
Writing from 2018, it seems rather unnecessary to keep opening academic articles on corruption by introducing the reader to its social, political, and economic significance—the phenomenon is today so ingrained in popular scholarly thought that there is hardly an individual who needs to be convinced about the position of society at large in regards to public and private malfeasance.… Continue Reading
Peru welcomed the new year by enacting into force Law 30424, which introduces corporate criminal liability applicable to bribery.
Peruvian law now recognizes the independent criminal liability of a legal person for local and foreign bribery, imposing sanctions ranging from fines, debarment from government contracting to dissolution of the legal entity.… Continue Reading
Any company doing business abroad is going to face corruption risk. Businesses have a responsibility to know where those risks are and to decide how to confront them.
One response is simply not to do business in high-risk countries.… Continue Reading
On December 1, the Argentine government enacted Law 27.401, which will enter into force in March 2018. We were deeply involved in the drafting and debate of the statute. In this post and the next one, we’ll summarize some of the key features of the new law.… Continue Reading
A recent investigative report has fueled fears that Canada’s poor track record collecting penalties for securities law violations is contributing to the country becoming a haven for securities fraudsters, capital markets corruption, and other misconduct.… Continue Reading
The former Hong Kong home secretary indicted for allegedly bribing Africa officials on behalf of a Chinese energy company pleaded not guilty Monday.
Patrick Ho, 68, was charged in November with conspiring to violate the FCPA, violating the FCPA, conspiring to commit international money laundering, and committing international money laundering.… Continue Reading
Singapore’s Indranee Rajah blasts KeppelA top Singapore official told parliament Monday that Keppel employees are still being investigated by Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and could face criminal charges.
Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law Indranee Rajah said “the Public Prosecutor will determine whether to prosecute them after investigations are completed,”according to a report from Singapore’s Mediacorp.… Continue Reading
Every year, the Institute of Business Ethics or IBE asks the British public their opinion about business behavior. The latest survey shows that the public’s general opinion about ethical business behavior has improved.… Continue Reading
The new chief of the regulator of the financial services industry in the United Kingdom is a former corporate finance partner at magic circle firm Slaughter and May.
Charles Randell was named chair of the Financial Conduct Authority on Friday.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Vice President, Anti-Corruption
Employer: Cognizant
Location: New Jersey USA
Description: The Global Head of Anticorruption will be responsible for leading all facets of the Company’s anticorruption compliance program. The Global Head of Anticorruption is responsible for developing, maintaining and overseeing the Company’s anticorruption program and related compliance functions, and serves as the lead anticorruption program and process advisor on issues relating to company policies, employee and third party trainings, third party anticorruption due diligence protocols and risk monitoring activities.… Continue Reading
A New Jersey-based real estate broker pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe a Qatari official to finance the sale of a high-rise building complex in Vietnam.
Joo Hyun Bahn, also known as Dennis Bahn, 39, of Tenafly, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan.… Continue Reading
