All Europe articles – Page 69
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U.K. government seeks views on NIS Directive
The U.K. government this week published a consultation seeking views on its plans to implement the EU’s Network and Information Systems Directive, which is due to come into force in May 2018.
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SFO investigating British American Tobacco
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it is investigating suspicions of corruption in the conduct of business by British American Tobacco, its subsidiaries, and associated persons over bribery allegations in East Africa.
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Is the European Union out to get Google?
While it might seem as if the European Union has it in for Google, a search of its open cases will reveal that it has its sights set on more than just the search engine firm.
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Netherlands, not Bermuda, is the tax evasion capital of the world
The Netherlands, the U.K., Ireland, Singapore, and Switzerland are the world's leading conduit offshore financial centres, funnelling money from one point to another for the purposes of tax evasion.
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Financial Conduct Authority seeks views on AML supervision
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation regarding the government-proposed Office for Professional Body AML Supervision, which sets out draft expectations about how professional body supervisors can meet their AML supervision obligations.
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Brexit relies on Great Repeal Bill to work, but outcome is still uncertain
The British government is in a race against time to stave off legislative chaos once Brexit becomes official, but so far, the stopgap measures seem less than perfect.
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Learning from the BHS pensions debacle
If a regulator wants to deflect blame from itself, it had better come up with a set of credible changes and even better—a proper apology.
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SFO investigating Rio Tinto
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed this week it has opened an investigation into suspected corruption by mining company Rio Tinto.
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New U.K. watchdog to close money laundering loopholes
The U.K’s new Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision said that it will tackle potential weaknesses in the supervisory system that criminals and terrorists may be trying to exploit.
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England: land of crooks or land of enforcement?
There have been an awful lot of chief executives hauled to court recently in England, which begs the question: Why so many, and why now?
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ArticleBNP Paribas faces fresh accusations over involvement with Rwandan genocide
Lingering accusations that BNP Paribas processed transactions that helped finance the 1994 Rwandan genocide continue to dog one of France’s largest banks.
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Financial Conduct Authority fines compliance officer for pension transfer failings
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fined a compliance oversight officer £75,000 for failing to exercise due skill, care, and diligence concerning pension transfer failings.
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Hard Brexit, soft Brexit? U.K. can’t have its cake and eat it, too
The U.K. is trying different ways to see if it can have its cake and eat it too when it comes to asserting its independence while still enjoying perks of EU membership.
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Brexit provides plenty of compliance opportunities
The 2019 Brexit deadline is creating a host of big opportunities for companies to boost their compliance programs, and for compliance professionals to show their worth.
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International partners join forces to tackle grand corruption
A new multinational centre to coordinate law enforcement action against grand corruption was launched this month. The International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre (IACCC), hosted by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, brings together specialist law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions into a single location to tackle allegations of grand corruption.
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G20 to intensify fight against corruption
Leaders of the G20 met over the weekend to address major global economic challenges. On the agenda: a pledge to make their public administrations more resilient against corruption, ensuring that both companies and individual perpetrators are held to account.
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How Barclays gave itself a case of Cadmium poisoning
Barclays is in hot water with the SFO over a conspiracy (code-named Cadmium) to engage in illegal lending with Qatar at the height of the financial crisis.
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Brexit poses many environmental law challenges
A taskforce of environmental lawyers in the United Kingdom gathered in London last month to discuss how to roll over environmental law after withdrawal from the European Union.
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European Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for antitrust violations
The European Union’s antitrust watchdog this week fined Google a record €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules.
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Former RBS CEO, ‘Fred the Shred’ avoids trial, for the moment
A long-standing shareholder lawsuit against the Royal Bank of Scotland calls out a long-standing history of extremely poor governance at the troubled financial institution.