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FCPA Guidance: Refined Compliance and Safe Harbors
With all the hype and bloviating behind us, it is now time to take a closer look at some of the more significant aspects of the FCPA Guidance. For those who continue to
Read More »‘Implementation of corruption laws major setback’
lthough Nigeria has sufficient anti-corruption and bribery laws, implementation of such laws has over the years been the major problem in the avowed fight against graft. This was the submission of Olusoji Apampa of Integrity
Read More »An App Tries To Track The Epic Corruption And Bribery In Russia
In countries where corruption and bribery are a regular part of daily life, part of the problem is that no one speaks up about particular incidents--which makes its hard to document, measure, and, ultimately,
Read More »New Charges for News Corp: Are FCPA Charges Just Around the Corner?
Last Wednesday was the 125th anniversary of the first appearance of the world’s greatest consulting detective – Sherlock Holmes when the first Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, appeared in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in
Read More »Bribery and Constitution Amendment – Conspiracy of the Corrupt
Nigerian lawmakers are again in danger of making a mockery of themselves. “Pass the bill; forfeit your wealth and assets!” That was the reasoning. The fear of forfeiture made members of the National Assembly
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 »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.
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