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Hong Kong Developer Hit With Bribery Charges
In an ongoing scandal that has shaken the foundations of Hong Kong’s property development and construction industry, several people associated with Hong Kong’s second largest property development firm, including the company’s co-chairmen, have been
Read More »What Are the Essentials For a FCPA/Bribery Act/OECD Compliance Program?
In a recent article entitled “Bribery and Corruption Compliance: the Playing Field Levels,” Timothy Coleman and Paul Lomas, attorneys from the law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, discuss what they term the “tectonic shift”
Read More »BP is dragged into SFO ‘bribery’ investigation
The oil giant is understood to have been in contact with SFO investigators over the bribery allegations relating to engineering projects one of its contractors is undertaking in the west Asian state. The contractor, as
Read More »What The Top Corruption Risks in Latin America Mean For FCPA Compliance
The 2012 Latin America Corruption Survey found that executives consider customs and police to present the highest levels of corruption risk throughout the region. The survey, organized by Miller & Chevalier, Matteson Ellis Law,
Read More »Hong Kong Billionaires Charged With Bribery
In one of the biggest corruption scandals in Hong Kong in decades, two billionaire businessmen, a former high-ranking civil servant and two other men were charged Friday with bribery-related offenses, a development that could
Read More »Our Battle Against Corruption
There have been reports that the Shoura Council is in the process of laying down a strategy to fight corruption in the civil service, including enacting anti-bribery legislation. The Shoura Council would begin by
Read More »Combating Corruption is the Key that Unlocks Both Democracy and Development
Combating corruption unlocks both democracy and development”, according to Julie Fisher, author of a forthcoming book to be published by the Kettering Foundation later this year called “Importing Democracy: The Role of NGOs in
Read More »FCPA Compliance Monitoring: Catching the Red Flags
Many organizations overlook their ERP system as a “data-driven” line of defense. It is a transaction-based system that, if properly managed, can assist in preventing corporate failures or capturing illegal activities that can cripple
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