Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
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Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
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Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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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
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The U.S. Treasury Department has been eager to establish a corporate ownership registry in its battle against dirty money. Those who have read my articles before on public registries know I have doubts about their effectiveness.… Continue Reading
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled last week that public access to registries showing personal details about companies’ beneficial owners infringes fundamental individual rights otherwise protected by the EU.… Continue Reading
I was surprised to learn that the European Commission (EC) has recently threatened Luxembourg with daily penalties if it continues in its failure to implement the rules within the EU’s 4th Money Laundering Directive.… Continue Reading
Transparency International released its 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index Thursday. The results of this latest iconic list beg the question: Should we look at the ten cleanest countries on the CPI to see where the next mega-FCPA settlement will come from?… Continue Reading
The last five years have seen a dramatic shift in the transparency environment, in a trend that began with Wikileaks launching the Arab Spring, and which is now reaching fruition in the vast data leaks from Luxembourg, Unaoil and Panama.… Continue Reading
A good friend of mine who ended his career as a very senior police officer once gave me an excellent piece of advice. He told me that anyone can manage an organization when things are going well — it is when things become difficult that true leaders emerge.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Justice Department took another big step in its investigation of bribes allegedly paid by Russian and Swedish companies to the eldest daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov in exchange for access to the country’s telecoms market.… Continue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa witness the signing of the Colombo Port City Project in September 2014 (Image courtesy of CCC)Sri Lanka this month became the latest of at least five countries to shut down huge China-backed infrastructure and telecoms projects tainted by allegations of corruption.… Continue Reading
Israel’s Bank Leumi will pay $270 million to resolve federal charges and $130 million to settle New York regulators’ allegations that it helped U.S. taxpayers hide assets and income in unreported accounts in Israel and around the world.… Continue Reading
An Italian businessman who built a $350 million empire on cleaning contracts and industrial maintenance was arrested in Spain on charges embezzlement, bankruptcy fraud, money laundering, and tax offenses.
Giovanni De Pierro controlled nearly 100 companies, 174 pieces of real estate, 32 vehicles, and two large yachts, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project said Monday.… Continue Reading
A unit of Alcoa agreed to plead guilty Thursday in the Western District of Pennsylvania to one count of violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA with a 2004 corrupt transaction.… Continue Reading
The Zambia government has terminated a $210 million closed circuit television camera contract with China’s ZTE because of alleged corruption.
A government source told AllAfrica last week that if the contract for traffic control had continued, Zambia could have lost $100 million through inflated billings.… Continue Reading
