“… had been to bury relatives beneath the floor of the family home, to keep the dead close by. But British officials, concerned about hygiene, mandated the use of wooden coffins for burial in designated cemeteries. Some have suggested that
Flawed Esquenazi Decision Continues To Impact FCPA Enforcement
In 2014, the 11th Circuit released its decision in U.S. v. Esquenazi.
The case was, and remains, the only appellate court decision in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act history to substantively address the FCPA’s “foreign official” element.
In pertinent part the court
Berko Convicted Of FCPA And Related Offenses
In the latest example of the Trump administration’s retreat from FCPA enforcement (or some still maintain), earlier today Asante Berko (a former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International) was convicted by a jury of FCPA and related offenses in connection
Girl you know it's true
By David Oscar Markus Do jurors know who Milli Vanilli is? A lawyer for a Goldman Sachs banker is betting on it as he invoked the lip synching group from the 1980s in his opening statement.From Law360:Jurors heard opening
Fraud, Theft Charges Laid After Stolen SUV Traced to Ghana
A Saskatchewan investigation into a fraudulently purchased Land Rover has led to charges after police determined the stolen vehicle was shipped out of Canada and traced to Ghana. Investigators also allege the suspect was involved in a second fraudulent vehicle
Analysing Objections to the UN Declaration on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans
On 25 March 2026, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/80/L.48 titled “Declaration on the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity”. 123 UN member states voted in favour, 3
Some Preliminary Thoughts on Ghana’s Announced Recourse to 1982 LOSC Arbitration in the Maritime Boundary Dispute with Togo
On 20 February 2026, Ghana, in a press release, formally notified the Government of Togo of its decision to submit their unresolved maritime boundary dispute to arbitration under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (henceforth:
Online Symposium on Recent Developments in African PIL (VI) – Proof of Foreign Law and the Fragility of Foreign Marriages in Ghanaian Courts
As part of the second online symposium on recent developments in African private international law, we are pleased to present the sixth contribution, kindly prepared by Theophilus Edwin Coleman (University at Buffalo School of Law, New York (USA)
Former ICANN director could lose control of ccTLD
The government of Ghana has announced plans to nationalize the .gh ccTLD, taking control from a former ICANN director who has run the registry for over thirty years. The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation reportedly said that the
Berko Case Proceeds
As highlighted in this prior post, in 2020, the SEC announced the filing of a civil complaint charging Asante Berko (pictured – a former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International) with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations and other charges for “orchestrating