All Europe articles – Page 55
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New rules would make setting up a company in the EU easier
EU co-legislators agreed this week on new rules to facilitate establishing businesses electronically and promote online operations throughout a company’s lifecycle. The new rules aim to save companies time and money, while increasing safeguards against fraud and abusive behaviour through online identity checks.
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New system opens up EU business trade with Iran
The United Kingdom, Germany, and France have created a new payments system to allow European businesses to trade with Iran without falling foul of U.S. sanctions.
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Little external audit improvement post-Carillion collapse
Only half of U.K. company secretaries feel that the level of service their organisations get from their external auditor has improved in the wake of the Carillion crisis and other corporate governance scandals.
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U.K.’s top ethical lapses in 2018
The Institute of Business Ethics has recorded which industries had the most negative news coverage in the past year.
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World Bank debars Odebrecht subsidiary
The World Bank has imposed a three-year debarment on Brazil-based construction and engineering company Construtora Norberto Odebrecht for fraudulent and collusive practices during its participation in the World Bank-financed Río Bogotá Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project in Colombia.
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Two new members added to SFO senior management team
Following an open competition, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office has appointed two new members to its senior management team: a chief intelligence officer and a new head of corporate services.
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Muddled DPA outcome for Tesco accounting fraud scandal
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has released details of the deferred prosecution agreement it struck with Tesco—on the same day the supermarket chain’s former finance director accused of the accounting fraud was acquitted.
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EU fines Mastercard $648M for anticompetitive behavior
The European Commission on 22 January 2019 fined Mastercard 570.6 million euros (U.S. $648 million) for anticompetitive behavior, in breach of EU antitrust rules.
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French data regulator fines Google under GDPR
France’s data protection regulator recently slapped Google with a substantial €50 million (U.S. $57 million) fine for failing to provide users with clear, accurate, and informative details on its data use policies.
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Danske Bank provides update on AML probe in France
Danske Bank said it might again become subject to a formal investigation in France, instead of being an assisted witness, in connection with an ongoing investigation into organised money laundering of tax evasion proceeds.
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New U.K. government taskforce to tackle economic crime
The Home Secretary and Chancellor will jointly chair a new government taskforce, the Economic Crime Strategic Board, to work with senior figures from the U.K. financial sector to tackle economic crime, the U.K. government announced on 14 January.
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ArticleAmple fallout from May’s Brexit vote defeat
British regulators and Members of Parliament had some serious comments and concerns after Tuesday’s 432-to-202 vote against U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan.
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May’s Brexit plan suffers historic defeat
With one of the most devastating losses in the history of British politics, Prime Minister Theresa May was handed a rebuke of her proposed Brexit framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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Brexit vote unlikely to produce clarity, so government prepping businesses for the worst
While the current Brexit deal (set to be voted on Tuesday evening) remains the U.K. government’s top priority, it understands preparation for all scenarios is necessary.
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EU investigates Nike over tax
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether the Dutch government unfairly helped U.S. sportswear company Nike avoid paying taxes on its European profits through a series of favourable tax rulings.
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ArticleStudy: Blowing the whistle won’t harm the bottom line
A new study from NAVEX Global reveals whistleblower hotlines don’t often prove detrimental to business outcomes.
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ArticleUnderstanding the territorial scope of the GDPR
EU companies should scrutinize new guidelines from the European Data Protection Board that signal the long arm of the GDPR extends far beyond the European Union.
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SFO: Former global sales director of Alstom Power sentenced in bribery case
Nicholas Reynolds received four years and six months imprisonment and was ordered to pay costs of £50,000 (U.S. $62,930) for his part in a conspiracy to bribe officials in Lithuania’s Elektrenai power station and senior Lithuanian politicians in order to win two contracts worth €240 million (U.S. $273 million), the ...
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French court fines Total SA €500,000 in Iran bribery case
The Paris Criminal Court on Dec. 21 found French oil and gas company Total SA guilty of bribing a foreign public official and ordered the company to pay a €500,000 (U.S. $570,000) fine.
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Will the EU improve its monitoring of money-laundering threats?
EU ambassadors on 19 December 2018 agreed to give the European Banking Authority (EBA) more power over anti-money-laundering supervision for financial institutions, but some doubt the effectiveness of these measures.