Associated Press
 
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies on April 28, 2015, in Las Vegas.
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Bribery:
Sheldon Adelson testified in a Las Vegas court and said an FCPA probe, in four years,hasn’t found a shred of evidence. (Guardian, Bloomberg)
A contractor in Afghanistan received four years in prison for offering bribes to a U.S. Army official. (press release)
In local politics: Police in Sakhalin, Russia detained a deputy mayor on suspicion of bribery. (Moscow Times)
The FCPAMmericas blog bridges compliance under the FCPA and the Brazilian clean companies act. Tom Fox sees an FCPA compliance defense as the holy grail. The FCPAProfessor rounds out the week.
Cybercrime:
Is the threat of cyberattack over-hyped? (Politico)
Money Laundering:
Portugal prosecutors say officials searched government offices and other locations as part of a corruption and money-laundering investigation centered on the granting of residence permits to investors from outside the EU. They declined to provide further details. (AP)
Cash entering Turkey is no longer subject to money laundering checks. (Today’s Zaman)
PEPWatch: The younger brother of a former Nigerian governor was sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering. A former aide to the governor received 20 years, and was fined. (PM News Nigeria, Daily Independent, Sahara Reporters)
A federal judge blocked a Texas magistrate judge’s order that allowed the release of a couple accused of laundering cartel drug money at a small southwest Kansas bank. They had already posted bond. (AP, El Paso Times)
A former soccer star is wanted by Interpol for questioning over allegations of money laundering and drug-related conspiracy charges. Colombian police say they won’t arrest him. (Eurosport, Guardian)