Europe

With the number of people being sold into slavery on the rise every year (there are currently between 21 and 46 million victims of slavery worldwide, with one new victim every 4-8 seconds), experts discuss how to battle slavery risk in the corporate supply chain. Neil Hodge reports.

Getting a witness ready for court often calls for training, but the U.S. and the U.K. have big differences in how much training is allowed. Mark Solon explains.

Regulators have used TalkTalk as an example that they can and will go after companies that take cyber-security and protecting customer data lightly. Neil Hodge explores.

Paul Hodgson looks at proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services’ proposed changes to its 2017 voting policies.

The Financial Reporting Council has given audit committee chairs and finance directors a shopping list of improvements it expects companies to make to their annual reports. Paul Hodgson has more.

Tom Fox explores the recent appointment of former EU commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso to non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs’ London-based investment bank. Is the move a violation of conflict of interest rules?

The U.K. government has published legislation that gives law enforcement agencies new powers to tackle money laundering and corruption, seize the proceeds of crime, and counter terrorist financing. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.

U.S. tech firm Apple has been ordered by the European Commission to pay €13bn (U.S. $14B) in back taxes, a move that has many up in arms and worried it may set a precedent for U.S. firms operating overseas. Neil Hodge has more.

U.K. footie can’t claim to be “the beautiful game” when it’s being stained by corruption. Paul Hodgson reports.