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Challenges in Ensuring Anti-Corruption Compliance by Distributors

corruptionbribery July 10, 2012 0

The Justice Department’s recent enforcement action against Smith & Nephew underscored an important point – companies can be responsible for FCPA violations committed by distributors of the company’s products. FCPA compliance professionals already

Grant Thornton: New bribery and corruption regulations cast a global net, expose Canadian companies to risk

corruptionbribery July 10, 2012 0

Grant Thornton LLP today released Anti-corruption legislation casts a global net; Don’t get caught because you don’t know the rules, a white paper designed to help globally-active Canadian companies navigate an increasingly complex web

City’s Development System A Major Fraud Risk, Says Auditor

corruptionbribery July 10, 2012 0

Imagine you’re a developer with a pal who handles permits for the city of San Diego. And say you thought the permitting fees were a little too high. Not to worry, your pal says,

Lack of anti-bribery and corruption measures

corruptionbribery July 9, 2012 0

Top investment professionals lack anti-bribery and corruption due diligence procedures, a recent survey suggested. Only two out of 80 financial services firms had undertaken anti-bribery and corruption due diligence in an M&A transaction, said business

Rooting Out Corruption … in the United States?

corruptionbribery July 4, 2012 0

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

Industry doubts Bribery Act enforcer’s appetite for prosecution

corruptionbribery July 4, 2012 0

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

Real World Challenges under the FCPA and Bribery Act

corruptionbribery July 3, 2012 0

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

Bill aims to tackle corrupt practices

corruptionbribery July 3, 2012 0

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