All Anti-Corruption articles – Page 47
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ArticleNovartis sets aside $700M in kickback case
Swiss pharmaceutical drug maker Novartis announced it has set aside $700 million for a potential settlement in a long-running lawsuit over allegations that the company paid hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors to induce them into prescribing drugs to patients to boost their sales.
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Honeywell discloses Petrobras-related FCPA probe
Honeywell International announced in a regulatory filing that it is being investigated by U.S. and Brazilian authorities as to whether the company’s use of third parties in Brazil violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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ArticleReport: Corruption worsening in Africa
Most African citizens believe corruption is getting worse in their country and that their government is doing a bad job tackling it, according to the 10th edition of the “Global Corruption Barometer – Africa.”
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ArticleRegulatory events: What’s hot this summer!
Here’s a look at some upcoming events and training from regulators like the SEC, DOJ, and PCAOB.
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PodcastCécilia Fellouse-Guenkel on France’s compliance community
Cécilia Fellouse-Guenkel, executive secretary at Le Cercle de la Compliance in Paris, discusses with columnist Tom Fox how compliance is viewed in France and touches on the country’s new anti-corruption law, Sapin II.
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Hong Kong’s SFC bans former Goldman Sachs officer for life
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has banned Tim Leissner, a former participating managing director at Goldman Sachs (Asia), from re-entering the industry in connection with his crimes relating to 1MDB.
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ArticleCFTC issues joint $2M whistleblower award
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced on July 1 an award of $2 million to two “model whistleblowers” who provided the agency with “significant information” that prompted the CFTC to open an investigation.
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ArticleNew index assesses Latin America’s anti-corruption efforts
Chief compliance officers and chief risk officers will want to check out a new index that assesses Latin American countries’ ability to uncover, punish, and deter corruption.
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ArticleSEC closes FCPA probe into Misonix
The SEC has closed its FCPA investigation into medical device company Misonix and will not be recommending an enforcement action, the company announced.
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ArticleU.K. tax havens promise greater transparency on company ownership
Starting in 2021, Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man will make records of company ownership public, which should please members of parliament who have argued that not doing so has made them vulnerable to financial crime.
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ArticleWalmart agrees to $282.7M FCPA resolution
Walmart has agreed to pay a combined total of $282.7 million to resolve a more than seven-year investigation resulting from violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Maritime Anti-Corruption Network to develop ‘Global Port Integrity Index’
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network has announced a new partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark to launch the first-ever “Global Port Integrity Index” and to scale up its collective action activities in West Africa.
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ArticleHow to best leverage data to identify corruption
A panel of CCOs met at Compliance Week’s annual conference to discuss how data and analytics can be used to prevent corruption.
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ArticleNordic and Baltic regulators join to combat money laundering
Regulators in eight Nordic and Baltic countries are developing a joint effort to exchange information with regard to fighting money laundering.
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ArticleFinCEN to financial institutions: Beware of Venezuelan money laundering
FinCEN recently alerted financial institutions of continued widespread public corruption in Venezuela and the methods Venezuelan senior political figures and their associates may use to move and hide proceeds of their corruption.
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ArticleEuropean Commission fines five banks €1B over foreign exchange cartel
In two separate settlements, the European Commission fined five banking giants for colluding in the trade of significant sums of foreign currency.
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ArticleThe compliance side of Argentina’s ‘notebook’ scandal
Given the heightened risks associated with Argentina’s “notebook” scandal, compliance officers might want to enhance their due diligence efforts in the country.
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ArticleHow to determine when enhanced due diligence is warranted
It can cost time and money and could even drown a deal. So when do the challenges and costs associated with this step outweigh the risks of not doing it?
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ArticlePoll shows room for improvement on training third parties
Results from the Compliance Week and Refinitiv survey revealed some surprising facts about companies’ third-party training; based on those results, the following article offers suggestions for how to enhance the process.
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ArticleIdentifying high-risk third parties a nuanced exercise
Determining which business partners to flag for enhanced due diligence all depends on the quality, and sources, of your data.