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Bribery
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
Two Businessmen Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges in Connection with Venezuela Bribery Schemes
A former general manager and partial owner of a Florida-based energy company and an owner of multiple Texas-based energy companies each pleaded guilty today to foreign bribery charges for their…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
General Cable Corporation Agrees to Pay $20 Million Penalty for Foreign Bribery Schemes in Asia and Africa
General Cable Corporation, a Kentucky-based manufacturer and distributor of cable and wire, entered into a non-prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $20 million penalty, reflecting a 50 percent reduction…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Agrees to Pay More Than $283 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges
Companies Agree to Pay Nearly $520 Million to U.S. Criminal and Regulatory Authorities, Representing the Largest Criminal Fine Imposed Against a Pharmaceutical Company for Violations of the FCPA Teva Pharmaceutical…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Guinean Minister of Mines Charged with Receiving and Laundering $8.5 Million in Bribes from Chinese Companies
The former Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea was arrested and charged today with laundering proceeds from bribes that he allegedly received from two Chinese companies…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
New French Anti-corruption Law “Sapin II”
At the end of 2016, after having undergone the scrutiny of the French constitutional court, French Law n° 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016, also known as “Sapin II” after the…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Odebrecht and Braskem Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay at Least $3.5 Billion in Global Penalties to Resolve Largest Foreign Bribery Case in History. But How Many Employees and Facilitators Will Be Jailed?
Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a global construction conglomerate based in Brazil, and Braskem S.A. (Braskem), a Brazilian petrochemical company, pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay a combined total penalty of…
International Trade Law Compass
$3.5 Billion Fine Part of Guilty Plea in “Largest Foreign Bribery Case in History”
Earlier today, the Department of Justice announced that construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA and its affiliate Braskem SA have pleaded guilty to their maintenance of an elaborate bribery scheme which paid out…
International Trade Law Compass
Report Ranks Countries Prone to Bribery
In a recently released report, TRACE International, an international anti-bribery business association, ranked 199 countries based on the risk of encountering bribery within the country's public sector. Go to Interactive…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Son of a Former Prime Minister of Gabon Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Scheme
Defendant Bribed High-Ranking Government Officials in Multiple African Countries to Obtain Uranium Concessions and Other Mining Rights for Himself and Others The son of a former Prime Minister of Gabon…
The D&O Diary
Bribery-Related Follow-On Securities Suit Filed Against U.K.-Based Rio Tinto
In yet another securities suit following on news of a bribery or corruption investigation, and in the latest securities suit involving a global mining company, on December 12, 2016, a…