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
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Job Title: Integrity Officer 
Employer: Transparency International
Location: Berlin, Germany
Start date: As soon as possible
Description: The Integrity Officer is responsible for the development, monitoring, learning, and curation of the integrity systems within the organization.… Continue Reading
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published a list of “golden passport” schemes from 21 countries that are high risk and “required to be taken into account” during due diligence.… Continue Reading
Transparency International just updated its Exporting Corruption Evaluation for 2018, the first update since 2015.
It assesses enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention by reviewing the 44 countries that are signatories of the convention and account for 65 percent of world exports, and more than 75 percent of total foreign direct investment outflows.… Continue Reading
Predictably, the NGO “transparency” brigade has once again raised its guns and placed its cross-hairs over its preferred target: the offshore service providers in the British Overseas Territories, particularly those in the Caribbean.… Continue Reading
At least 20 countries are selling residence and citizenship under so-called Golden Visa programs, according to Transparency International.
The cost is anywhere from around $300,000 up to $12 million or more.… Continue Reading
FCPA investigations and enforcement actions can deeply damage companies of all sizes. Issuers — those filing periodic reports to the SEC — warn investors constantly about the risks that corruption can cause.… Continue Reading
The son of Equatorial Guinea’s president went on trial this week in France for embezzling more than $112 million from his country’s treasury.
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, also known as Teddy Obiang, is the second vice president of Equatorial Guinea.… Continue Reading
Transparency International-UK’s pharmaceuticals and healthcare program has published a new set of integrity standards for use by pharmaceutical companies in Latin America.
The new standards — the Business Principles for Promoting Integrity in the Pharmaceutical Sector (“Pharma Integrity Principles“) — are a first step in an ambitious multi-stakeholder initiative to establish a uniform baseline for integrity practices across the region.… Continue Reading
This month is the one year anniversary of the Panama Papers, a leak of 11 million documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm that showed how easy it is for corrupt public officials, money launderers, drug traffickers and other criminals to hide behind anonymous companies and access the global financial system.… Continue Reading
A survey in Asia by Transparency International found that just over one in four people had paid a bribe to access public services during the prior year.
That means about 900 million people had paid bribes in the surveyed countries.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Senate voted Friday to repeal an SEC rule that would have required oil and gas and mining companies to disclose each year all of their payments to foreign governments for exploration and production rights, permits, taxes, and other things.… Continue Reading
Transparency International’s Max Heywood recently posted an article on TI’s website asking if the British Virgin Islands — from where I operate a cross-border fraud and asset recovery law firm — has “cleaned up” since the publication of the so-called Panama Papers.… Continue Reading
