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Posts Tagged: Pakistan

Five ways politicians sabotage anti-corruption agencies

The UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), ratified in 2005, endorsed the post-colonial idea of independent anti-corruption agencies as a best practice to fight graft at the country level. Today, around 60 countries have at least one independent anti-corruption agency.… Continue Reading

What’s it take to succeed as a local business partner?

In our experience, cooperation with the due diligence process, and developing a deep understanding of the compliance expectations held by multinational companies, are competitive advantages. They help local business partners stand out from the crowd, move through the due diligence process far more quickly, and grow a larger clientele among compliance-focused companies.… Continue Reading

World Bank bars three companies and former executive for collusion

The World Bank Thursday debarred three companies and a former executive for rigging bids and fixing prices on contracts under a bank-financed project in Pakistan.

Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) and two affiliates were debarred for 33 months for colluding on bids for the Electricity Distribution and Transmission Improvement Project.… Continue Reading

To find terrorism, look for graft

Last year, 17,958 people were killed in terrorist attacks, 61% more than the previous year. More than 80% of all deaths from terrorist attacks occurred in five of the world’s most corrupt countries — Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria.… Continue Reading

Smith & Wesson pays SEC $2 million to resolve FCPA violations

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation agreed Monday in an out-of-court settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay $2 million to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act offenses.

The U.S.-based parent company paid bribes in Pakistan, Indonesia and other countries to win gun sales to military and police forces, the SEC said.… Continue Reading