All Anti-Bribery articles – Page 34

  • Blog

    Third-Party Risk Management Summit takes a deep dive

    2017-03-23T12:15:00Z

    Get a recap of the Third-Party Risk Management and Oversight Summit, hosted by Financial Risk Associates and Compliance Week, which took an in-depth look at what companies are doing to manage third-party risks both on the sales and supply chain sides.

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    The hard truths of the SQM enforcement action

    2017-03-21T10:15:00Z

    The FCPA shows just how far its authority can extend when it comes to companies that blatantly disregard U.S. anti-corruption law.

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    Brazil’s new approach to compliance

    2017-03-19T15:15:00Z

    Brazil is taking a page out of U.S. businesses’ books and moving from paper compliance programs to actually doing compliance.

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    New foundation to protect sports whistleblowers

    2017-03-19T12:00:00Z

    A venture capitalist, a former United States federal prosecutor, and an Olympic gold medalist have formed a non-profit foundation, Fair Sport, to help mitigate risk for whistleblowers in the wide, wide world of sports.

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    Venezuela investigates PDVSA for corruption

    2017-03-19T12:00:00Z

    A look at the ironic Venezuelan investigation into corrupt company Petróleos de Venezuela SA.

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    Deliberate ignorance and the FCPA

    2017-03-15T12:45:00Z

    Tom Fox explores the term “conscious avoidance” under the FCPA, specifically in the case of Frederick Bourke, who invested in an enterprise in Azerbaijan that was engaged in bribery and corruption to obtain certain oil and gas rights of which Bourke claimed he had no knowledge.

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    The future of anti-corruption in Trump’s America

    2017-03-14T13:15:00Z

    We are only a month into the Trump administration, and there are already a number of compliance developments to keep an eye on.

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    Cement, compliance, and crimes against humanity in Syria

    2017-03-14T12:45:00Z

    Multinational cement company Lafarge’s alleged collusion with ISIS to keep a Syrian plant operational would have made it complicit in crimes against humanity.

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    Global anti-bribery enforcement on the rise

    2017-03-14T11:45:00Z

    Sharing information and expanding enforcement pipelines are fueling a global crackdown on corruption in general, but especially in the extractive industry.

  • Blog

    Haiti Teleco—the sordid affair nears an end

    2017-03-13T12:00:00Z

    The sordid 2011 Haitia Teleco matter may finally be winding down, as the last player was arrested in February for his involvement in payments of more than $1.4 billion to Haiti Telco representatives.

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    SEC ends FCPA probe of Crawford & Co

    2017-03-02T09:00:00Z

    Crawford & Co, an independent claims management firm, disclosed in a quarterly report this week that the Securities and Exchange Commission said it will not be bringing charges following a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation.

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    The Samsung corruption scandal—an unrecognized cost

    2017-02-27T12:30:00Z

    The past year was particularly bad for Korean electronics giant Samsung, and it looks like 2017 has gotten off to the same rough start. Tom Fox looks at the recent arrest of Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, on charges of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury.

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    Companies now doing compliance in Brazil

    2017-02-27T12:30:00Z

    Corporations in other countries are increasingly moving from a paper-based compliance program to actually doing compliance. The Man From FCPA Tom Fox reports.

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    Insider trading allegations at Deutsche Borse could complicate LSE merger

    2017-02-22T13:15:00Z

    Did Deutsche Borse CEO Carsten Kengeter make a lucky stock purchase in his own company, or did he act on inside knowledge of a planned merger with LSE? Neil Hodge reports.

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    The FCPA is unlikely to vanish under President Trump

    2017-02-22T10:15:00Z

    Despite rhetoric to the contrary, FCPA enforcement during the Trump administration will not die off. If anything, it might actually increase. Jaclyn Jaeger explores.

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    Department of Justice guidance: ‘Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs’

    2017-02-21T10:45:00Z

    With little fanfare, the Department of Justice last week published a list of sample topics and questions, entitled the “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” Ethics and compliance officers will find the document useful as it provides a more explicit explanation as to what common questions the Fraud Section may ...

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    Spain and the fight against royal corruption

    2017-02-21T07:00:00Z

    A guilty verdict that sent the brother-in-law of the King of Spain to jail for fraud could signal that Spain is getting serious about corruption. Tom Fox says it was the first time a member of the Spanish royal family had been forced to stand trial, a move widely applauded ...

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    A South American response to corruption

    2017-02-21T06:45:00Z

    In a very interesting development from the Odebrecht corruption scandal, federal prosecutors in Brazil and ten other countries recently announced they had agreed to cooperate in ongoing investigations surrounding the company, writes The Man From FCPA Tom Fox.

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    On the evaluation of corporate compliance programs

    2017-02-21T06:30:00Z

    Tom Fox looks at the Justice Department’s “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs,” an 11-part list of questions that encapsulates the Justice Department’s most current thinking on what constitutes a best practices compliance program.

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    Weighing the issues of ISO 37001 certification

    2017-02-14T12:00:00Z

    Questions have emerged from the passing of the ISO 37001 anti-bribery standards. Jaclyn Jaeger recaps a recent KPMG webinar that seeks to answer them.