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Martinelli Brothers Sentenced To Prison In Connection With Odebrecht Bribery Scheme
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted here, in November 2021 announced the unsealing of a 2020 criminal complaint against agents associated with Odebrecht in connection with the company’s 2016 FCPA enforcement action (see here for the prior…
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DOJ Announces Money Laundering Charges Against Odebrecht Agents In Connection With Bribery Scheme Involving Their Close Relative Panamanian Official
By Mike Koehler
With increasing frequency the Department of Justice is using money laundering statutes to criminally charge participants in alleged bribery scheme. (See here for the recent post documenting the trend). In…
FCPA Professor
Grubisich Sentenced To 20 Months (Judge Rejects DOJ’s 60 Month Recommendation)
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, in late 2016 the DOJ and SEC brought a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Odebrecht S.A. (a Brazilian holding company) and Braskem S.A. (a…
Money Laundering Watch
DOJ Again Uses Money Laundering Statutes to Charge Alleged Foreign Corruption Scheme — This Time in Brazil
Indictment Alleges International Scheme Involving Bribes Touching NY Correspondent Bank Accounts The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that U.K. law enforcement officials arrested, at its request, an Austrian…
FCPA Professor
Former Braskem CEO Grubisich Pleads Guilty
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, in late 2016 the DOJ and SEC brought a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement action against Odebrecht S.A. (a Brazilian holding company) and Braskem S.A. (a…
FCPA Professor
It All Depends What The “B” Word Means
By Mike Koehler
Often times, discussion of complex legal or public policy issues is clouded by simplistic rhetoric and narrative spinning. Just don’t bribe. A zero tolerance for bribery. Sounds good and to be sure…
FCPA Professor
FCPA Enforcement Actions Regarding Conduct In Argentina
By Mike Koehler
Prior posts here and here highlighted Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions regarding conduct in Ecuador and Colombia. This post continues a spontaneous journey around South America by highlighting the many…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Two Defendants Charged for Their Role in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Former High-Ranking Government Official in Panama
Individuals Facilitated $28 Million in Bribes from Odebrecht S.A. to the Official A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares…
FCPA Professor
Friday Roundup
By Mike Koehler
Odebrecht’s plea agreement and obligations extended, scrutiny alerts, victims, and spot on. It’s all here in the Friday roundup. Odebrecht As highlighted in this prior post, in December 2016 Odebrecht…
DLA Piper Latin America – Law Blog
Arbitrators who were imprisoned in Peru have been released, but remain subject to significant restrictions on their freedom pending corruption investigations
By DLA Piper
By: Billy Franco | Diego Parra | Kate Cervantes-Knox Introduction As has been widely reported, on 4 November 2019 the Peruvian Preparatory Investigation Court ordered the “preventative detention” of fourteen arbitrators who sat as…