All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 500
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SEC charges Rio Tinto with fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission this week charged mining company Rio Tinto and two former top executives with fraud for inflating the value of coal assets acquired for $3.7 billion and sold a few years later for $50 million.
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New GDPR implementation guide offers helpful roadmap
Figuring out how to comply with the fast approaching GDPR isn’t easy, but this handy guide from the ISF will be a big help to compliance officers everywhere.
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Auditors tasked to study revenue readiness at year-end
Auditors are under clear orders from their regulators to show no mercy in their assessment of corporate transition to the new revenue recognition rules.
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European Commission hits Scania with €880m cartel fine
One of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers prepares to fight a massive fine over allegations surrounding a long-running price-fixing cartel.
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Compliance considerations for doing business in Sudan
The United States might have lifted sanctions against Sudan, but companies looking to do business there need to understand the many serious compliance hurdles that still exist.
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A World View of Anti-Corruption Efforts
Anti-corruption efforts around the world are quickly gaining steam, and it’s up to multinational companies all around the world to keep pace. In this eBook, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with NAVEX Global, we explore the latest anti-corruption regulatory developments and enforcement priorities that companies should be thinking about ...
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It’s time to scrutinize data protection practices for GDPR readiness
By May 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation will take effect, and many companies are seriously underestimating the amount of compliance work this will require.
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Car bomb kills ‘Panama Papers’ journalist
Daphne Caruana Galizia, a relentless advocate for exposing the truth about corruption on the island of Malta and who helped expose its ties to offshore tax havens linked to the Panama Papers, has been killed in a car bombing.
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New technology brings opportunities, and headaches, for CCOS
New technologies are poised to revolutionize compliance and risk management. But are CCOs and CROs ready and up to the challenge?
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Assessing bribery risk country-by-country
The 2017 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix is out, designed to help compliance departments assess the likelihood of bribery in each country around the world and better tailor their due diligence practices.
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ArticleTreasury’s regulatory roadmap may affect agencies for years
The Treasury Department has released the second in a series of reports detailing efforts to pull the plug on regulations, and it may offer a more prudent plan that its politics suggests.
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Opening the lid on the hidden world of beneficial ownership
The world of beneficial ownership is seeing a push toward greater transparency that comes on the heels of high-profile corruption scandals at FIFA and Petrobras.
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Transparency International U.K. launches anti-bribery portal
Transparency International U.K. has launched a new online tool that provides up-to-date and in-depth guidance for businesses in understanding and tackling bribery.
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Shell executives charged in bribery scheme
The Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged several senior Royal Dutch Shell executives in Italy for their role in a widespread bribery scheme to acquire oil exploration rights in Nigeria.
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Guilty plea in PDVSA FCPA case
A partial owner of several energy companies pleaded guilty this week to foreign bribery charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
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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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Samsung executive resigns amid ‘unprecedented crisis’
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon will not seek re-election as a member and chairman of the board when his term ends in March 2018. Kwon will also resign as the chief executive officer of Samsung Display.
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‘Several countries’ probed in World Cup bribery scheme
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has opened a criminal proceeding against Jérôme Valcke, the former Secretary General of FIFA, and beIN Media Group Chief Executive Officer Nasser Al-Khelaifi for bribery allegations surrounding the award of World Cup media rights.
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Ideagen releases new version of Pentana Disclose
Ideagen—developers of quality, safety, audit, risk, and performance management software—has released the latest version of its financial disclosure checklist software, Pentana Disclose.
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IHS Markit and MSCI provide liquidity-risk management solution
IHS Markit, a critical information, analytics and solutions provider, recently formed an alliance with MSCI to help asset managers implement liquidity risk management programs and comply with SEC Rule 22e-4.