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
On July 4, 2019, the UK’s fifth Deferred Prosecution Agreement was approved. The DPA is between the Serious Fraud Office and Serco Geografix Limited (SGL), a subsidiary of Serco Group PLC, and relates to fraud and false accounting offenses.
[…] Strategic Analysis Course in Virginia, USA, 2012 (Image courtesy of the Egmont Group)The people at the DOJ in charge of FCPA enforcement get help from the Egmont Group, they say. The feds describe Egmont as part of the international infrastructure by which enforcement agencies share information and help each other develop evidence to prosecute […]
Image courtesy of inspiredbyiceland on YouTubeThe OECD Working Group on Bribery said last week it has “serious concerns” about Iceland’s lack of progress fighting bribery of foreign public officials and implementing the OECD anti-bribery convention.
This year’s annual report from the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) of the World Bank Group report put Canada in the spotlight — specifically, our top court’s recent decision in World Bank Group v. Wallace. The case is seen as a significant acknowledgement of the unique role that multilateral institutions play in fighting corruption.
[…] ADP and its subsidiaries — ADP Ingénierie, ADP Airport Services, ADP do Brasil Participações, ADP International Americas LLC, ADPM Mauritius, Aéroports de Paris Management 3, Airport International Group, Airport Management Company, Airport Management Services, and Jordan Airport Management — are ineligible to participate in projects and operations financed by the World Bank Group. As […]
[…] 37 companies that settled enforcement actions since 2005, in which none of their personnel have yet been charged, are: AB Volvo AGA Medical Corp AGCO Ltd. Aibel Group Ltd. Akzo Nobel N.V. Avery Dennison Corp. BAE Systems PLC Bristow Group Inc. Chevron Corp. Con-way Inc. Daimler A.G. Delta & Pine Land Co. DPC (Tianjin) […]
[…] in this context, are we sure that ceasing to scrutinize human rights abuses will do justice to the victims? The same can be said about the Working Group on Bribery of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This Group was established to monitor the implementation and enforcement of the 1997 OECD Anti-Bribery […]
[…] FCPA violations. The fine-to-bribe ratio is calculated by simply dividing the total penalty a company received by the amount it bribed. Voluntary Disclosures Within the voluntary disclosure group the fine-to-bribe ratios ranged from encouragingly low (Bristow Group Inc. and Latinode Inc. stand out with a fine-to-bribe ratio of 0 and .89, respectively) to strikingly […]
[…] Commission said a political intelligence firm admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a $375,000 penalty for compliance failures in acquiring and handling potential material non-public information. Marwood Group Research LLC also agreed last week to retain an independent compliance consultant. Marwood is a healthcare-focused advisory and consulting firm headquartered in New York City with […]
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has been setting global standards for fighting foreign bribery since the adoption of the Anti-Bribery Convention in 1997. Among these standards, the Convention requires Parties to establish systems of liability of legal persons and to provide that firms found guilty of foreign bribery are subject to “effective, proportionate […]
