All articles by Jaclyn Jaeger – Page 56
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ArticleA country-by-country assessment of bribery risk
The 2018 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix has the latest business-related bribery risk figures for countries around the world. Compliance practitioners may want to pay close attention to those countries in which they operate.
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Criminal charges unsealed in Panama Papers leak
U.S. prosecutors this week unsealed an indictment revealing criminal charges brought against four individuals for their alleged roles in a decades-long criminal scheme perpetrated by Panama-headquartered law firm Mossack Fonseca and related entities, the first charges brought in the United States connected to the Panama Papers leak.
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Understanding the ‘revised’ policy on cooperation credit
Compliance officers and legal counsel should be somewhat relieved about newly announced revisions to Department of Justice policy that relaxes previous policy requirements for receiving cooperation credit in corporate misconduct cases.
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CHS self-reports FCPA investigation
Farm supplies company CHS disclosed in a Dec. 3 securities filing that it has self-reported to the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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MTS reserves $849M in FCPA case
Russian telecommunications company MTS has set aside 55.8 billion rubles (U.S. $849 million) to resolve a U.S. investigation concerning potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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Deutsche Bank offers more details on Panama Papers raid
Deutsche Bank has provided more details on a two-day raid, in which German prosecutors searched several Deutsche Bank offices, in connection with the Panama Papers. The case also imparts some important compliance lessons.
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A look at the Justice Department’s new ‘China Initiative’
The Department of Justice on Nov. 1 announced the creation of a new “China Initiative,” aiming to identify priority Chinese trade theft cases and bring them to an appropriate conclusion quickly and effectively and making the global enforcement landscape all the more challenging for multinational companies.
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Walking the KYC and data protection tightrope
The EU General Data Protection Regulation is stirring the pot for financial institutions in trying to strike a balance between complying with AML laws while ensuring data protection.
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Vantage Drilling pays $5M, closes FCPA case with SEC
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling International has concluded a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which it has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve a previously disclosed investigation into potential violations of the internal accounting control provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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SFO secures more convictions in F.H. Bertling corruption case
Stephen Emler and Giuseppe Morreale pleaded guilty for their part in a corrupt scheme to secure a ConocoPhillips freight forwarding contract, worth over £16m, for logistics and freight operations company F.H. Bertling as part of the ‘Jasmine’ North Sea oil exploration project, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office announced.
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ArticleElements of a best-in-class data privacy program
Struggling to keep up with privacy regs? Stop the guesswork and follow these best practices for thinking strategically about how privacy practices fit into the overall business strategy.
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SEC Whisteblower Office has recordbreaking year
Fiscal year 2018 marked a historic year for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Whistleblower Program both in terms of the dollar amount of whistleblower rewards the agency doled out and the number of tips received, according to the SEC annual report to Congress.
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Société Générale to pay $1.34B for economic sanctions violations
Société Générale has been slapped with a $1.34 billion criminal penalty for conspiring to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act and the Cuban Asset Control Regulations, representing the second largest penalty ever imposed on a financial institution for violations of U.S. economic sanctions.
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Case study: How Bumble Bee saves on compliance costs
Former FBI Special Agent and 3M attorney Jeff Killeen brings a unique twist to Bumble Bee’s compliance program—a knowledge of building a cost-effective, functional compliance department coupled with a nose for finding, and thwarting, fraud. Killeen spoke on both at NAVEX Global’s 2018 Ethics and Compliance Virtual Conference.
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ArticleFirms follow Google trend in ending mandatory arbitration
No more mandatory arbitration for sexual assault claims. Companies are following Google’s example in the wake of recent scandals.
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Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested for financial misconduct
Japanese automaker Nissan has dismissed Carlos Ghosn from his chairman role, following his arrest by prosecutors in Japan for engaging in financial misconduct.
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ArticleTwo benchmark reports reveal in-house counsel salary trends
In-house counsel looking to see how their annual salaries stack up against their peers can refer to two new reports that offer benchmarking data.
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SFO joint head of fraud: ‘Engage now or hide behind smoke and mirrors at your peril’
Hannah von Dadelszen, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office’s joint head of fraud, in recent remarks offered some useful insight as to how a company should engage with the SFO if it chooses to self-report misconduct.
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UBS faces civil complaint for fraud in the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities
The Department of Justice announced that a civil complaint has been filed against UBS and several of its U.S. affiliates, alleging that UBS defrauded investors throughout the United States and the world in connection with its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities from 2006 through 2007.
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Commissioner Peirce: the meaningless of enforcement numbers and penalty amounts
The SEC’s Enforcement Division issued its annual report this month, highlighting the Division’s activities in fiscal year 2018 from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective. Focusing on enforcement numbers and penalty amounts alone is meaningless, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said in recent remarks.