All Anti-Bribery articles – Page 36
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China continues to be a source for FCPA violations
An astounding 16 corporate FCPA enforcement actions in 2016 were derived from China, leading The Man From FCPA Tom Fox to explore how to tackle business relationships with the complex country.
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Combatting fraud is ‘serious business’ at the SFO
DeAnn Orie looks at how companies can fall under the watchful eye of the Serious Fraud Office and what the agency is doing to keep on top of crime.
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Churchill Mining loses $1.3bn fraud claim against Indonesian government
Neil Hodge explores the case of London-based Churchill Mining, which lost its compensation claim against the Indonesian government, after alleging its Indonesian business partner had forged documents. An international tribunal ruled against Churchill, citing inadequate due diligence and other unheeded red flags.
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Las Vegas Sands pays $7M for FCPA violations
Las Vegas Sands agreed to pay a $6.96 million criminal penalty to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This resolution is in addition to the $9 million related civil penalty paid to the SEC in April. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Orthofix to pay $15M for accounting failures and FCPA violations
Medical-device company Orthofix International has agreed to admit wrongdoing and pay more than $14 million to settle SEC charges that it improperly booked revenue in certain instances and made improper payments to doctors at government-owned hospitals in Brazil in order to increase sales. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Chilean chemicals and mining company to pay $30.5M in FCPA case
Chilean chemicals and mining company Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) agreed to pay a combined $30.5 million in criminal and civil penalties in connection with payments to politically connected individuals in Chile in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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How General Cable’s FCPA mess looks to the past and the future
General Cable’s sprawling FCPA enforcement action seemed to go everywhere at once. Tom Fox explains.
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Rolls-Royce responds to $800M global resolution in FCPA case
British engineering company Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay the United States nearly $170 million as part of an $800 million global resolution with U.S., U.K., and Brazilian authorities into a long-running bribery scheme. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Debating ‘anything of value’ under the FCPA
Are U.S. enforcement agencies interpreting the term “anything of value” under the FCPA too broadly? Jaclyn Jaeger explores both sides of the debate.
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Zimmer Biomet to pay $30M to resolve FCPA violations
Medical-device maker Zimmer Biomet Holdings has agreed to pay more than $30 million to resolve parallel SEC and Department of Justice investigations into the company’s repeat violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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IMF’s Christine Lagarde convicted of financial negligence
French court says Lagarde was “negligent” for failing to appeal arbitration award to former Mitterrand-era minister, writes Neil Hodge.
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Anti-corruption compliance lessons from Teva’s FCPA case
Teva Pharmaceuticals conducted bribery on a massive, international scale and became a case study for FCPA watchers everywhere. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Mondelez International to pay $13M in FCPA case
Mondelez International, a beverage and snack-food company, has agreed to pay $13 million in civil penalties to the Securities and Exchange Commission for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Greek authorities raid Novartis offices in bribery probe
Novartis is facing a fresh bribery probe, this time in Greece, where authorities there have raided the company’s offices searching for electronic documents and files. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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A country-by-country assessment of bribery risk
The 2016 TRACE Matrix is out, but is its data on international bribery hotspots better than Transparency International’s data? Jaclyn Jaeger explores.
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General Cable to pay $76M in FCPA case
General Cable today agreed to pay a combined $76 million to resolve parallel investigations with the SEC and Department of Justice related to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company agreed to pay an additional $6.5 million penalty to the SEC to settle separate accounting-related violations. Jaclyn Jaeger ...
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Teva to pay $519M to settle FCPA charges
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay $519 million to settle charges that it violated the FCPA; while global construction company Odebrecht and petrochemical company Braskem (both based in Brazil) will pay a combined penalty of $3.5 billion to settle the largest foreign bribery case in history. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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Odebrecht, Braskem to pay record $3.5B in global bribery case
Global construction company Odebrecht, based in Brazil, and Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem pleaded guilty yesterday and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of at least $3.5 billion—the largest foreign bribery case in history, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.
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With Sapin II, is France finally cracking down on corporate crime?
France currently ranks only 23rd out of 168 nations on its efforts to fight corruption, but that may change with the introduction of tough new regulations. Neil Hodge has more.
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Petrobras probe showcases global enforcement efforts
Brazil’s massive anti-corruption efforts are having a global impact, but self-serving politicians threaten to grind the entire thing to a halt. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.