All corruption articles – Page 2
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The end of the compliance defense debate
Over the years, there has been a siren’s call for the addition of a compliance defense to the FCPA. It’s time to send the so-called “compliance defense” packing.
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Chemring faces bribery probe by Serious Fraud Office
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office confirmed today that it has opened an investigation into Chemring Group and its subsidiary, Chemring Technology Solutions Limited (CTSL) following a self-report made by CTSL.
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ArticleYear in review: 2017
Compliance Week looks back at the last 12 months and offers a glimpse at some of the biggest news stories in compliance, governance, risk, and ethics.
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How Hong Kong is combating corruption: A year-end review
Speaking at a press conference this month, Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption discussed its continued efforts in combating corruption and enhancing ethical management and staff integrity within companies.
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What newspapers do you read?
In this day and age, it would be wise for chief compliance officers to keep on top of the news, especially when it regards corruption, says The Man From FCPA.
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What is risk?
Reports indicate the world’s largest cement manufacturer, LafargeHolcim is under investigation relating to its former operations in Syria.
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Is the FIFA brand toxic?
FIFA continues to present lessons for the compliance practitioner, and this one is straight-forward: if your organization is corrupt, other companies may well not want to do business with you going forward.
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Walmart sets aside $283M for FCPA resolution
Walmart-Stores has recorded an aggregate accrual of $283 million concerning the possible resolution with U.S. enforcement authorities of a longstanding Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case.
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The (anti) corruption London bus tour
A London bus tour that features the proceeds of corruption, exploring properties alleged to have been purchased with monies purloined from the country of Nigeria by the country’s former oil minister, the disgraced and now arrested, Diezani Alison-Madueke.
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Former Keppel Shipyard officer faces 395 counts of corruption
Singapore’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau charged a former senior procurement officer of Keppel Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, with 395 counts of corruption.
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NCAA to form special commission
Following a federal investigation into fraud in college basketball, the NCAA announced that it is making ‘substantive changes’ to the way it operates, forming a Commission on College Basketball.
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Harvey Weinstein, Obamacare, and Google
Title: Harvey Weinstein, Obamacare, aThis week, the scope of corruption surrounding Harvey Weinstein is growing bigger by the day, Google hands over evidence of Russia-linked ads on their sites, and President Trump makes moves to raise “repeal and replace Obamacare” back from the dead.
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The role of banks in corruption
A look at a recent report that examines allegations of bribery to purchase votes on the International Olympic Committee for the selection in 2009 of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics.
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How corruption in sports spills into compliance
The NCAA fraud and corruption scheme that has resulted in federal criminal charges against 10 individuals offers numerous lessons for the corporate compliance world at large.
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What new headaches may befall FIFA?
A new and potentially very damaging turn has taken place in the ongoing FIFA corruption scandal. Miguel Maduro, former chairman of FIFA’s governance committee, said that if asked, he would provide specific accusations of top FIFA officials pressuring him to ignore regulations.
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Is it impossible to operate cleanly in some countries?
Corruption may be seen as being “endemic” in some regions, but that cuts no ice with prosecutors in the United Kingdom. To them, a bribe is still a bribe.
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SeaWorld, Mueller, and Congress
In case you missed it this week, Mueller sidles up to a new lawyer involved in Paul Manafort's probe, politicians are eyeing a particular bribery-related trial, and SeaWorld get's a criminal investigation
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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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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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DoJ seeks to recover $144M in Nigerian oil industry corruption case
The Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $144 million in assets obtained from corruption in the Nigerian oil industry.