Topic
Corruption
838 published works
The Right Coast
US elites’ imperial corruption compares to Opium War – Asia Times
Social media are the opium of the 21st century, and the young tech wizards who infest Silicon Valley are the moral successors of the young Etonians who forced India to…
SmarTrade
OFAC Sanctions Paraguayan Individuals and Entities for Money Laundering and Corruption
Recent additions to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List highlight an increasing enforcement focus on corruption and money laundering. On August 24, 2021, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
White House Task Forces to Fight Corruption and Trafficking in Central America
From Lexology:Recently, the Biden Administration has taken significant steps to ramp up anti-corruption and other law enforcement efforts in Central America. On June 7, 2021, the White House and Department…
FCPA Professor
Former Glencore Trader Pleads Guilty To FCPA And Related Offense
By Mike Koehler
As highlighted in this prior post, for approximately two years Glencore (a commodities company incorporated in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Switzerland with common stock that trades on the…
FCPA Professor
Checking In On Petrofac
By Mike Koehler
Petrofac (a U.K. based oil and gas company with ADRs registered with the SEC) has been under scrutiny since 2016 regarding its relationship with Unaoil. (See here for the prior post).…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Fastest 5 Minutes: National Security, Mandatory Disclosures, Small Business
This week's episode covers a new White House National Security Study Memorandum on countering corruption, a DOD Instruction on Mandatory Disclosures, and a DOJ settlement involving small business subcontract reports,…
FCPA Professor
DOJ To Increase Its Focus On Investigations, Prosecutions, And Asset Recoveries Relating To Corruption In Northern Triangle Countries
By Mike Koehler
Presumably in connection with the visit by Vice President Kamala Harris to Guatemala, earlier this week U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “announced a series of steps that the Department of…
Money Laundering Watch
President Biden Unveils Broad Vision to Crack Down on Foreign and Domestic Corruption
By Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., Andrew N. D'Aversa, Kaitlin M. Gurney
Agenda Highlights Intersection of National Security, Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering On June 3, 2021, President Biden unveiled a National Security Study Memorandum entitled Memorandum on Establishing the Fight Against Corruption…
ImmigrationProf Blog
VP Harris to Visit Guatemala, Mexico to Discuss Migration, Human Trafficking, Corruption
Official White House PhotoAlexandra Jaffe and Christopher Sherman for the Associated Press report on Vice President Kamala Harris's visit this week to Guatemala and Mexico, her first foreign trip as…
The D&O Diary
Dutch Court Rules Petrobras Collective Investor Action May Proceed
A court in the Netherlands has ruled that a collective investor action against Petrobras and related entities pending in the court can go forward, notwithstanding the arbitration clause in Petrobras’s…