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Bribery
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International Financial Law Prof Blog
FIFA Convictions – Former President of Honduran Soccer Federation Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Corruption Charges
Rafael Callejas, the president of the Honduran soccer federation (FENAFUTH) from 2002 to 2015, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his receipt of bribes…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former Judge Sentenced to 10 Years for Accepting Bribe During His Arkansas Court of Appeals Campaign
A former state circuit judge in Arkansas was sentenced to 120 months for accepting a bribe in exchange for reducing a negligence verdict against a company in Conway, Arkansas, announced…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Highest-Ranking Navy Official Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Accepting Bribes and Prostitutes from Foreign Defense Contractor in Massive Bribery and Fraud Scheme
The highest-ranking official charged in a massive Navy bribery scandal was sentenced in federal court to 46 months in prison for giving classified information to a foreign defense contractor in…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Proposed New Corporate Offence Dropped: Failure to Prevent Economic Crime
By Rob Elvin
The UK Anti Corruption Plan, which was published in December 2014 under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government brings together, for the first time, all of…
Subject to Inquiry
The SFO’s “ongoing” investigation into Alstom – Further Charges
By Government Investigations Group
We originally wrote in 2014 about charges that had been brought in September of that year by the UK's Serious Fraud Office against the French Multinational’s UK subsidiary, Alstom Network UK…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Miami Businessman Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery and Fraud Charges in Connection with Venezuela Bribery Scheme
The owner of multiple U.S.-based energy companies pleaded guilty to foreign bribery and fraud charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure energy contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Novartis Charged With FCPA violations in China including Strip Club Payments for Clients on US “Education” Trips
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Novartis AG has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when its…
GovCon & Trade
SFO Convicts UK Company for Middle East Bribery
By Thad McBride
On February 19, 2016, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) convicted Sweett Group plc (Sweett), a London-based construction and professional services company, under Section 7 of the UK Bribery Act.…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
Sweett Group plc ordered to pay £2.2m in Bribery case
In last month’s article about the first Deferred Prosecution Agreement secured by the SFO, we referred to another prosecution the outcome of which was awaited. Following the entry of a…
Life Sciences Legal Update
French Bribery Act Would Be Anti-Corruption Revolution
By Daniel Kadar, Caroline Gouraud
We’ve covered the French Sunshine Act, which requires French pharmaceutical companies to disclose their links to healthcare providers, extensively over the past few years and most recently here. France on…