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Amid the coming post-Covid-19 resizing wave, when chief compliance officers request bigger budgets, don’t laugh, and don’t blame them. This time, it’s OFAC’s fault.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer
Employer: Mercy Corps
Location: Portland, Oregon, Washington, D.C., or London, UK.… Continue Reading
In October, new regulations from the Brazilian Central Bank will go into effect targeting the prevention of the use of the financial system for money laundering, terrorist financing, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and suspicious transaction reporting.… Continue Reading
Nigeria’s anti-corruption law enforcement efforts are gradually growing more effective as practitioners adapt and innovate in response to many persistent challenges. Sometimes caricatured as sclerotic, politicized, or error-prone, high-level anti-corruption efforts are becoming noticeably more innovative and pragmatic.… Continue Reading
Companies have long complained, rightly, that they bear the brunt of most anti-bribery efforts. Bribes are, at their simplest, transactions between two parties, but companies are prosecuted aggressively while the misconduct by grasping government officials typically escapes notice, or at least prosecution.… Continue Reading
Travel is a critical component of a good, strong compliance program. It can also be a differentiator clients find worthwhile. One unexpected result at Black & Veatch is that our business development people now champion the compliance program and actually request the compliance team to come to the field.… Continue Reading
Job Title: Vice President, General Counsel
Location: El Segundo, California USA
Employer: Aero Precision… Continue Reading
Compliance people often talk about integrity. Living with it, on the other hand, can be a lot harder. One American who did that was Rosa Parks.… Continue Reading
The World Bank debarred a leading New Zealand-based traffic expert Wednesday for corruption involving mass transport projects in Vietnam.… Continue Reading
James Cohen of Transparency International recently published a post on the FCPA Blog extolling the virtues of an open public register of ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) in my home country of Canada.… Continue Reading
Data analytics is a crucial element in monitoring a company-wide compliance program. Here are some things we learned while developing our Compliance Management System (CMS).… Continue Reading
Many of the recent posts on the FCPA Blog have dealt with various aspects of Covid-19: our very personal health concerns, enhanced bribery risks, enforcement, and the possible impact on the operation of compliance systems and compliance organizations in times of travel bans and budget constraints in many industries.… Continue Reading