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This post is about internet censorship. That, ironically, is a prohibited topic under China’s rapidly expanding censorship regime. Because I’ll talk about SEC registrants who warn investors about China’s internet censorship as a risk factor, that’ll likely add to the illegality.… Continue Reading
A major inquiry has revealed what I and many others in the fraud space have long said: money laundering is rampant in one of Canada’s main provinces, British Columbia (B.C.), and the few cursory efforts made by the federal and provincial governments to tackle it have been largely ineffective. … Continue Reading
In 2018, the UK Serious Fraud Office recovered £4.4 million ($6.2 million) from two Chad diplomats who took bribes from Canadian oil company Griffiths Energy in the U.S and Canada. The recovered money was transferred to Chad and used in aid and development programs.… Continue Reading
So far in 2022, there have been four FCPA enforcement actions totaling $865 million in penalties and disgorgement. That pushes all-time FCPA resolutions over $24 billion.… Continue Reading
Glencore’s FCPA resolution last month included a plea agreement requiring the parent company’s Chief Compliance Officer to certify its compliance program and reports to the DOJ. The CCO’s certification is subject to the false statements statute, punishable by up to five years in prison, and the federal obstruction law, which carries a potential prison sentence of up to 20 years.… Continue Reading
Compliance requires lots of mid-course corrections. Those corrections are based on constant feedback that’s honest and accurate. That’s why attempts to impede feedback and complaints are always bad for compliance. And yet, confidentiality agreements (in their many different forms) are everywhere.… Continue Reading
The Texas-based oil and gas giant employs over 65,000 people and has refineries in 21 countries. At 18 pages, ExxonMobil’s anti-bribery policy is the second longest we’ve seen behind VW’s 36-page policy.… Continue Reading
In the past couple of months, sanction list screening has become one of the most critical compliance tasks. A single question has triggered much of the change: “Are my business partners and other third parties I deal with really sanctioned?”… Continue Reading
The FCPA Blog started publishing its list of the ten biggest FCPA corporate enforcement actions about a dozen years ago. Since then, I’ve written a lot about the top ten list, and I even did a series of talks, mainly in Asia, using the top ten list as a way to understand FCPA enforcement policy and attitudes toward compliance.… Continue Reading
London-based consumer goods conglomerate Unilever employs around 150,000 people worldwide. It has over 400 brands, including Dove, Hellmann’s, Axe, Knorr, and Vaseline, and its employee anti-bribery policy is a single page.… Continue Reading
In Kigali, Rwanda from May 3rd to 6th, 20 anti-corruption agencies from 18 African countries attended the 12th Regional Conference of Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa. This year’s conference was themed “Combating Corruption for Good Governance and Sustainable Development in Africa.”… Continue Reading
Oil and gas pipe manufacturer Tenaris paid the SEC $78 million Thursday to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by providing improper payments to a Petrobras official in Brazil.… Continue Reading
