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New corruption scandal rocks Brazilian government
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal on Saturday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring, including the country's deputy attorney general. Federal
Read More »Nigeria: A Nation full of Bribery and Corruption!
Go to NNPC, the language there is bribery, and the bribe runs into millions of dollars, Go to the Bank and see how the Banks abate money laundering. Go to customs where a controller
Read More »Wal-Mart Cover Up- Would a Hot-Line Have Helped?
Ed. Note-we continue our series of guest posts from our colleague Mary Shaddock Jones, who today draws some lessons from the Wal-Mart matter. On November 8, 2006 Wal-Mart entered the Canadian Market opening three supercenters
Read More »Amid Anti-Corruption Push, Pressure To Bribe Continues
Anti-corruption campaigners who shined the light on defense companies’ efforts to improve the transparency of their counter-bribery practices last week said that while the industry may have sharpened its act, evidence suggests it is
Read More »Minimizing the FCPA Risk in Mergers & Acquisitions
Ask a company, “Who runs your FCPA program?” and a common response may be, “What FCPA program?” It’s one thing to not self-police, but when acquiring a business, it’s doubly important to know what
Read More »Greeks Can No Longer Afford Paying Expensive Bribes
Greeks, whose country is facing bankruptcy, can no longer afford the expensive customary cash-filled "fakelaki" or "little envelope" bribes paid to public sector workers, according to an official.
Read More »Armistice Day: The Risks and Rewards of Foreign Joint Ventures
Ed. Note-we continue our series of guest posts from our colleague Mary Shaddock Jones, who today looks at Joint Ventures and has some pointers for avoiding pitfalls under the FCPA.
Read More »As Corruption Risk Rises in Emerging Markets, Confidence in Diligence Programs Lags: Deloitte Survey
When entering into mergers or acquisitions, just 38 percent of executives indicate that they are extremely or very confident that their company has effective processes to identify and mitigate compliance and integrity risks, while
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