By Neil Hodge2022-08-04T13:49:00
Global management consultancy Bain & Co. was barred from competing for U.K. government contracts for three years following its role in a corruption scandal involving South Africa’s national tax offices.
The move follows a probe into allegations of widespread corruption and graft during the nine-year period former South African President Jacob Zuma was in power. Zuma has been accused of placing the interests of corrupt associates ahead of those of his country.
An investigation commission concluded Bain, which was pitching for public-sector contracts, “had not told the full story” regarding its collusion with Zuma and former South African Revenue Service Commissioner Tom Moyane and their plans “to seize and restructure” the agency and centralize procurement procedures—changes that would facilitate corruption, according to the commission’s report.
2025-10-17T21:09:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Even though the U.S. federal government is currently shut down, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears to still be at work. The financial regulator is reportedly investigating a major insurance and asset management company over its accounting practices.
2025-10-17T16:12:00Z By Aly McDevitt
This week, U.S. authorities took coordinated action against Cambodian multinational conglomerate Prince Holding Group and its 37-year-old founder Chen Zhi, who is accused of running forced-labor camps in Cambodia where captives were forced to conduct pig butchering scams that defrauded U.S. and global victims out of billions of dollars.
2025-10-16T20:38:00Z By Neil Hodge
Europe’s massive financial sector has become a magnet for illicit money flowing through its banks and markets. A new EU agency will be taking the problem head-on to fight against money laundering.
2025-01-28T15:35:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Maria Aristidou Demetriou, chief compliance officer at Cyprus-based Hellenic Bank, spoke to Compliance Week about derisking in the Cypriot banking sector since Russian’s invasion of Ukraine and efforts to combat corruption, money laundering, and sanctions evasion.
2024-06-03T18:48:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson announced the conclusion of the independent compliance monitorship imposed on the company following its 2019 settlement for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
2024-04-04T00:41:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Former Albemarle CCO Andrew McBride explained at Compliance Week’s 2024 National Conference how he led the company’s compliance department to remediate the issues that led to apparent FCPA violations and how the team used data analytics to assess risks and implement compliance solutions.
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