The Rotterdam district court has handed a suspended year-long prison sentence to an executive who misappropriated over €400,000 from an EU-funded contract to remove shipwrecks from the coast of Mauritania.
Curaçao-headquartered Seatrade has reached a settlement with Dutch prosecutors to resolve allegations that the shipping company illegally exported ships for scrapping more than a decade ago.
Changpeng Zhao’s sentence falls far short of the 36 months requested by prosecutors.
A review body has said that the Serious Fraud Office has made progress in improving its disclosure process since the collapsed prosecution of G4S directors, and that the UK government needs to …
A court in India has directed local police to investigate historical allegations that IT company Cognizant and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro bribed public officials in the state of Maharashtra between 2013 …
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Internal SFO documents reveal more details about a long-standing software programming issue that has hampered the agency’s efforts to locate exculpatory material. Experts said it could have implications for every case where the prosecution agency has relied on the software.
Louise van der Straeten secured a coveted spot on the UK government’s most recent New Year’s honours list. GIR sat down with the lawyer to learn about her work as head of the Serious Fraud Office’s international assistance team.
A British consultant’s ordeal in India tells a tale of how two of the country’s “premium” enforcement agencies, are acting separately – and allegedly in contradiction of each other – in a decade-old corruption investigation that continues to this day.
As the fraud trial of Autonomy founder Michael Lynch – once referred to as “Britain’s Bill Gates” – is set to start in San Francisco, GIR looks at the line-up of the main characters and some of the major twists and turns in the decade-long investigation.
A roundup of recent developments, including an announcement that Calavo Growers is wrapping up an internal investigation into potential FCPA violations and Goldman Sachs' completion of its DPA with the DOJ over its role in the 1MDB scandal.
The alleged bribery occurred as part of the wider “notebook” scandal in Argentina.
The countries will sign two memoranda of intent to set the partnership in stone. “We cannot go it alone,” said US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
The government says the proposed sentence, which doubles the recommendation under US sentencing guidelines, matches the seriousness of Changpeng Zhao’s crimes.
China’s approach towards securities market crimes is increasingly strict. In 2022, the number of prosecuted crimes nearly doubled …
Task Force KleptoCapture has used the MLCA in several other recent prosecutions, targeting both US and non-US persons …
The ever-changing economic, commercial and regulatory landscape, along with emerging technologies, has led to an increase in the …
Not only do regulators and law enforcement increasingly expect a credible investigation, but a credible investigation is also …
Ericsson’s head of corporate and government investigations, Rebecca Rohr, is set to become the company’s new chief compliance officer.
Ericsson’s head of compliance for global affairs will be expected to “stimulate, enhance and evolve” the company’s ethics and compliance programme as the leader of a newly-formed unit.
The head of the global ethics team at Palo Alto Networks said the cybersecurity company began thinking through potential regulatory risks posed by artificial intelligence and its compliance philosophy “long before the …
Nearly six months after Braemar suspended its shares while looking into a problematic payment from a decade ago, lawyers said the Scottish shipping company doesn’t appear to be bracing for an external …
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