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
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Luis Motta Domínguez, Venezuela’s former minister of electricityTwo businessmen pleaded guilty in federal court in Miami to bribing a former Venezuela government minister and another official at the state-owned electric utility in exchange for $60 million in contracts for their Florida-based businesses.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Corporate Business Ethics Representative
Employer: Saudi Aramco
Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Description: We are seeking a Corporate Business Ethics Representative to join the Corporate Business Ethics Office within the Law Organization.… Continue Reading
In Wolfburg, Germany, at the global headquarters of the world’s largest automaker, there was little concern among VW’s engineers that they were doing anything unethical or illegal when they created “cheating” software for emissions tests.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Global Compliance Investigations Counsel Vice President
Employer: Zimmer Biomet
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Description: As the Vice President, Global Investigations Counsel, you will be responsible for leading confidential internal investigations on behalf of Zimmer Biomet, globally.… Continue Reading
TechnipFMC plc, an oil and gas services company headquartered in London, agreed Tuesday to pay criminal penalties of $296 million to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act in Brazil and Iraq.… Continue Reading
Following the participation of the European Investment Bank (EIB), represented by the Inspector General, Jan Willem van der Kaaij, in the 2018 International Anti-Corruption Conference, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2018, the EIB has since adopted and published an Anti-Corruption Statement.… Continue Reading
The human rights and environmental risks that taint the supply chain of gold and other mining commodities will be no surprise to anyone who reads the newspapers. North Mara gold mine in Tanzania made headlines just last week after an investigation into mass murder and rape of local villagers and deadly contamination from a leaking tailings dam.… Continue Reading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission awarded a whistleblower $2.5 million Monday for assisting “at every step” of an investigation that led to a successful enforcement action.
The CFTC said it reduced the award because the whistleblower delayed submitting information about the wrongdoing.… Continue Reading
In the context of the Trump Administration’s “maximal pressure” approach to the U.S. sanctions against Iran, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued on May 3, 2019 its Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments or OFAC Guidelines.… Continue Reading
The chairman and CEO of an investment firm and a member of the firm’s board of directors were found guilty by a federal jury in Boston Thursday for their role in a scheme to bribe Haitian officials to secure approval for an $84 million construction project. … Continue Reading
Walmart Inc. agreed Thursday to pay the DOJ and SEC $282 million to settle allegations that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices by paying an intermediary in Brazil for help obtaining construction permits and having weak anti-corruption internal controls in Brazil, China, India, and Mexico.… Continue Reading
Former Interpol head Meng Hongwei (Image courtesy of Weibo)The first Chinese citizen to head Interpol pleaded guilty in a court in China Thursday to taking $2 million in bribes.
Meng Hongwei admitted during a hearing at Tianjin No 1 Intermediate People’s Court that he helped companies “make illegal gains.”… Continue Reading
