Sep 28, 2009· Inside bribery probe of Siemens. Money flowed into his accounts from banks and small firms in Switzerland, Italy, London, Hong Kong and Dubai, among other places. The money also moved out of the accounts to offshore firms with names like Ursula Marketing and Prince Pacific. Around the same time, German prosecutors,...
Bonny Island Bribery Club Statistics. This number is sure to grow as one member of the joint venture at the center of bribery scheme – JGC of Japan – has yet to resolve its exposure although (as noted in this post from the FCPA Blog) it has confirmed that it is discussions with the DOJ. In addition, the DOJ,...
The wideranging bribery and corruption investigations revealed that billions of dollars in government contracts were awarded to a number of companies, including RollsRoyce and an offshore arm of Australian company Leighton Holdings (now CIMIC), as a direct result of bribes.
SBM Offshore. Previous posts have highlighted SBM Offshore's scrutiny including its disclosure in November 2014 that the DOJ informed the company "that it is not prosecuting the Company and has closed its inquiry" into allegations of improper conduct in Brazil and other countries. Earlier this week, the company disclosed:
Dec 10, 2011· The UKbased Daily Telegraph said that as part of an ongoing probe into corruption, the FBI had uncovered substantial evidence of attempts to .
Nov 08, 2004· The board of directors is responsible for the oversight and management of the company's compliance and ethics programs. One effect of the guidelines, says Warren Malmquist, director of audit services at Coors Brewing Co., is that senior managers and boards are paying more attention to beefing up compliance with the antibribery laws.
Brazilian stateowned oil company Petrobras has found no evidence of bribery after conducting an internal investigation of allegations that some of its employees took bribes from SBM Offshore, a Dutch oil platform company.
KCA Deutag [the trading name of Abbot] is committed to antibribery compliance and creating a corporate culture in which bribery has no place," she said.
Jul 19, 2016· Bribery: Brazil signed a leniency agreement with SBM Offshore NV; the company agreed to pay 341 million in fines. Shares soared on the news. (Reuters, MarketWatch, Reuters) The corruption investigation in Brazil implicated the country's development bank, according to leaked testimony. The bank didn't respond.
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This week, Ojo Publico, a Peruvian news outlet that collaborated with ICIJ on the Panama Papers investigation, reported that Mossack Fonseca had created offshore companies for middlemen recently accused by Peruvian authorities of helping to channel bribes to Peru's former president, Alejandro Toledo.
The CFPB's Expectations for Effective Compliance Oversight With Respect to Incentives As the CFPB has "emphasized repeatedly," a robust compliance management system (CMS) is necessary to detect and prevent legal violations.
Oct 30, 2011· Bribery probe at German industrial firms widens. The allegations referred to the time when Ferrostaal was still part of MAN. A separate probe into bribery allegations at MAN led to the departure of the company's entire executive board in 2009. The group's former executive board members weren't among the suspects of the investigation.
Nov 13, 2017· Crisis of the Week: Law Firm Strikes Back Against 'Paradise Papers'. Under attack from critics of the firm, its clients, and the offshore industry as a whole, the firm–with its lengthy, aggressive, and highly defensive statements–fails to communicate a central message that sticks or that could minimize damage.
Apr 19, 2011· Renault Case Illustrates Dangers of Misleading Whistleblower Claims. Last week, in a turn of events that surprised the international press, French authorities took custody of an employee in the Renault security department that conducted the internal investigation into the bribery allegations.
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Apr 03, 2014· Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore NV announced that a twoyear internal investigation produced evidence showing that its agents in Angola and Equatorial Guinea may have bribed government officials. The investigation by independent external counsel and forensic accountants focused on the use of agents from 2007 through 2011.
Apr 08, 2016· Mossack Fonseca has its own compliance department. Typically, though, its investigation into a client's background is perfunctory, done via Google, the FBI's website and an online database.
Nov 17, 2015· In fact, Alstom was sentenced just last week. Alstom admitted to its criminal conduct and agreed to pay a penalty of more than 772 million, the largest foreign bribery resolution with the Justice Department ever. In addition, Alstom's Swiss subsidiary pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the antibribery provisions of the FCPA.
SBM Offshore: shareholders hit by another 238m legal provision. Last week the Serious Fraud Office charged two employees of Unaoil with making corrupt payments in Iraq on behalf of the Dutch engineering firm SBM Offshore: both Unaoil and SBM deny the charges. Had analysts and commentators used basic Open Source Intelligence techniques...