News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
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Jessica Tillipman
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Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
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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
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
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At Global Integrity, we’re taking a close look at huge corruption scandals in three countries and the law enforcement practices used against the high-level graft. We want to know whether innovation diminishes the effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts in the three countries — or instead is helping redefine the local definition of effectiveness.… Continue Reading
Eliud Wabukala, a retired Anglican archbishop, became chairman of Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission in 2017.
In September, he launched a bible-based anti-graft campaign that includes an anti-corruption bible study.… Continue Reading
Malawi’s Director of Public Prosecutions said he has a blank check to pursue officials implicated in the so-called ‘cashgate’ scandal in which millions of dollars are missing from government accounts.
Last week Bruno Kalemba arrested Treza Namathanga Senzani, the principal secretary in the ministry of tourism, on charges of embezzling $15 million by contracting with a phony service provider.… Continue Reading
In the last three years, fines for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – under which corporations with ties to the U.S. face criminal penalties for paying bribes to foreign government officials – have exceeded $2.1 billion.… Continue Reading
Not everyone agrees that aid creates poverty. But we thought of the aid-to-poverty cycle this week.
A World Bank report said about $130 million in aid to the Somalia transitional government between 2009 and 2010 is missing.… Continue Reading
In an unusual tandem settlement, two unrelated U.S. tobacco companies and their foreign subsidiaries today resolved civil and criminal FCPA charges with the SEC and DOJ.
In the criminal cases, two foreign subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Alliance One International Inc.… Continue Reading