Corruption Currents: From Dancing Around Sanctions to El Azul’s Heart Attack.
A bribery trial involving a former New York State senator and two other men may be put on hold--or a mistrial declared--while the court finds people to translate some 300 phone calls and text messages made in Yiddish.The terror organization ISIS is said to have looted $429 million from the central bank in Mosul after they took control of the Iraqi city.
Bribery:
A bribery trial involving a former New York State senator and two other men may be put on hold–or a mistrial declared–while the court finds people to translate some 300 phone calls and text messages made in Yiddish. (WSJ, NY Times)
How should victims of transnational bribery be compensated? (The Global Anticorruption Blog)
A government agency and outside organizations are teaming up to help businesses in New Zealand avoid exposure to bribery and other corruption risks. (Legal Brief Today)
The FCPA Blog has part two of a series on the problem of princelings, and a post about an energy company executive who will be tried in absentia in Croatia on bribery charges. FCPAmericas blog looks at corruption risks in Brazil’s construction sector.
Money Laundering:
Lawmakers in Belarus have passed a bill they say will toughen the country’s anti-money laundering laws. (BT)
A former aide to the mayor of Birmingham, Ala., is scheduled to besentenced next week after pleading guilty to money laundering. (AL.com)
A former executive at state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA was re-arrested by Brazilian authorities on charges he stashed $23 million in a Swiss bank account. A lawyer representing the exec says his client is “unaware” of any Swiss bank account. (Reuters)
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