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Rooting Out Corruption … in the United States?
On June 11, the United States government filed a complaint documenting a record of corruption as outlandish as anything seen since Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos plundered the Philippines in the 1980s. The complaint detailed
Read More »Industry doubts Bribery Act enforcer’s appetite for prosecution
The lack of a corporate prosecution under the UK Bribery Act has caused businesses to question the Serious Fraud Office's appetite for enforcement, Ernst & Young has found. The Ernst & Young Global Fraud Survey
Read More »Real World Challenges under the FCPA and Bribery Act
Last week I wrote a fictional piece about some of the challenges that a company might face in complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Unfortunately some of the concepts I wrote about
Read More »Bill aims to tackle corrupt practices
THE MINISTER for Justice and Equality recently published the draft scheme of the Criminal Justice (Corruption) Bill 2012, 123 years after the enactment of the statute that is the basis of our current law. In
Read More »Santa Fe Springs official agrees to plead guilty to receiving bribes
A federal corruption investigation spread to a second city Thursday when a Santa Fe Springs councilman agreed to plead guilty to receiving bribes from the owner of a medical marijuana store. Joseph Serrano Sr. will
Read More »As Corruption Concerns Rise, Few Fear UK Bribery Act – Survey
One year after enforcement of the UK Bribery Act began, less than one-tenth (9.3 percent) of those polled during a recent Deloitte webcast are concerned about it and just 24.2 percent have changed their
Read More »Ten things you should know about business ethics and anti-corruption in the Middle East
1. Two thirds of respondents to Ernst & Young’s recently commissioned report on fraud and corruption in the Middle East said that fraud and bribery was a “major problem“ in the Middle East, but
Read More »Transparency International Issues UK Bribery Act Guidance on Mergers, Acquisitions and Investments
As a consequence of the entry into force of the Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) on 1 July 2011, for the first time, anti-bribery due diligence has become a necessity for companies undertaking mergers,
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