Harry Cassin
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Richard L. Cassin
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Thomas Fox
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Bill Waite
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The biggest operator of for-profit higher education schools is investigating an $18 million charitable donation in Turkey and whether some of the money was diverted to a government official.
Baltimore-based Laureate Education, Inc.… Continue Reading
Regulators charged with enforcing anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and economic sanctions laws and regulations have turned new attention to the real estate industry, and investigations and enforcement efforts span the globe.
Over recent years, U.S.… Continue Reading
In a post for the FCPA Blog, Ilya Zlatkin recently compared corrupt companies to white collar tomb raiders. He outlined how antiques and ancient artefacts circulate on the black market, and the excellent work of the FBI’s Art Crime Team in locating and returning those artefacts to their rightful owners.… Continue Reading
The Egmont Group — Financial Intelligence Units from 151 jurisdictions, with 19 other observer organizations — issued its latest Communiqué from its meeting in Monaco last week, targeting terrorist financing.
The Egmont Group, founded in 1995, is used by enforcement agencies to share information and help each other develop evidence to prosecute financial crimes, such as money laundering, tax evasion, and graft.… Continue Reading
In the e-book we wrote as a guide to navigating corruption challenges in emerging markets, we talk in one chapter about the particular risks companies face when they enter new markets.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of WikipediaDear FCPA Blog,
Thanks for the recent post about the arrests in Bulgaria of seven customs officials for taking bribes at a border crossing with Turkey. Fighting graft is a never-ending struggle, and everyone who stays on the alert deserves admiration.… Continue Reading
Seven customs officials have been charged with being part of an organized crime group that took bribes at the Lesovo border crossing in exchange for letting cars and trucks pass through without inspections.… Continue Reading
The recent political and anti-corruption machinations in Turkey must have provided an interesting and diplomatic challenge for the OECD’s Phase 3 examiners whose report was published last week.
A copy of the report is here (pdf).… Continue Reading
Voters in Turkey went to the polls on Sunday for their first direct presidential elections, following Transparency International’s pressure on the presidential candidates to declare their assets publicly and make other disclosures.… Continue Reading
A Las Vegas-based former Department of Defense contractor was extradited from Iraq to the United States to face fraud and conspiracy charges for trying to bribe U.S. officials to win government contracts for his companies.… Continue Reading
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
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip ErdoganMore than 50 police officers around Turkey were arrested Tuesday as part of a corruption probe involving the prime minister.
The police were held on suspicion of illegal wiretapping and forming a criminal gang, Deutsche Welle said.… Continue Reading
