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Health care giant Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil claims arising from allegations of kickbacks to U.S. doctors and improper marketing claims about three of its prescription drugs.
Since the entry into force of the OECD Anti-bribery Convention more than twenty years ago, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB), the body in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention, has been at the forefront of the fight against transnational bribery. Transparency International has branded its rigorous methodology as the “gold […]
The Serious Fraud Office said Wednesday that Sweett Group plc has admitted an offense under Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 for conduct in the Middle East.
The UK Serious Fraud Office said Monday it has launched a formal investigation of survey and construction services firm Sweett Group.
From the OECD: Vacancy announcement for the position of Working Group on Bribery Chair
Credit Suisse Group AG and its Hong Kong unit agreed Thursday to pay the DOJ and SEC $76.7 million for a referral hiring scheme that violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The online edition of Nigeria’s Business Day newspaper carried a story on November 19, 2007 that’s noteworthy. It’s about how corrupt multinationals are undermining the country’s economy. The story can be found here. Public corruption always involves two parties — the crooked official and the bribe-paying privateer. Both share the blame. Still, looking at corruption […]
[…] Justice Department. Although the SEC routinely includes internal controls charges in its civil resolutions, the DOJ has never done so. 2. The same post implies that Bristow Group Inc. settled an FCPA case with DOJ. That never happened. Bristow settled only with the SEC. 3. Friday’s post mentions the 1998 amendments and implies that […]
Yasuhiro Sato, President and Group CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.The chairman of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Takashi Tsukamoto, will leave his post in March following a scandal linking the lender to organized crime groups.
Banking giant Credit Suisse Group AG said Wednesday it has agreed to pay a $47 million penalty to the Justice Department to end an FCPA investigation into hiring practices in Asia.