Analysing the law and practice of international investigations into corporate misconduct & related enforcement.
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A more than decade-long corruption investigation by the Serious Fraud Office has ended in the acquittals of two UK businessmen who were accused of pulling the levers of a complex bribery scheme in Saudi Arabia
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Petrofac ex-COO charged with bribery globalinvestigationsreview.c… By @SamllFry
In an interview with GIR, PNF prosecutor Jérôme Simon said he is keen to shake off the dusty image of traditional financial crime investigations in France, and instead show what a group of young and pragmatic professionals can accomplish. globalinvestigationsreview.c…
There's a new OFAC on the block - and it has nothing to do with US sanctions. Meet France's new cybercrime investigator: globalinvestigationsreview.c… By @johnson_alice
The Geneva AG recorded one of the most high-profile white-collar crime convictions of recent times. GIR's @SamllFry visited Olivier Jornot to discuss his office's processes and priorities, and criticisms of a controversial corporate settlement tool. globalinvestigationsreview.c…
Ecuador’s top prosecutor has accused a Chinese engineering company of paying “tens of millions of dollars in bribes” to Ecuadorean public officials including a former president. bit.ly/3kpWmCR By @adl_gir
The UK’s data commissioner has rebuffed @GIRalerts efforts to obtain correspondence that helped an independent reviewer conclude there had been a historic “culture of distrust” at the Serious Fraud Office. bit.ly/3xmVsd6 By @SamllFry
GIR can reveal the practitioners who were chosen to monitor Glencore following its foreign bribery and market manipulation plea agreements in the US. bit.ly/40RDYTL by @breijer @MaxwellAFillion and @SamllFry
One of the brothers behind Unaoil, the energy consultancy at the centre of global bribery investigations, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison as well as a year of probation. By @annabiancaroach in Houston bit.ly/3RrvONB
GIR, the FT and the Guardian, represented by @rcfp, have asked a US court to unseal a pair of sentencing memos in the case against Saman Ahsani for his role in the Unaoil bribery scandal. bit.ly/3Ddqmbj
Parchment, shillings and the Julian calendar: @adl_gir speaks with the investigators who looked into the Church of England’s historic links to transatlantic slavery. bit.ly/3Wp2Fn8
Ireland's Department of Justice has said it is experiencing “legal difficulties” in responding to evidence-gathering requests from @EUProsecutor in response to claims that the country has systematically hindered the EU office's mission. bit.ly/3U7CdgK
OFAC is reviewing - and seeking public comment on - its enforcement guidelines to ensure they stay relevant and can be applied to new technologies, an official with the office said last week. bit.ly/3V5RJuJ
The former CEO of Austrian lender Meinl Bank claimed US prosecutors have given a “fundamentally false and misleading account” of their case against him in an effort to secure his extradition from the UK. bit.ly/3EfwS0J
A Manhattan judge delayed the FCPA sentencing of Glencore after prosecutors asked for more time to work with Swiss counterparts to gain permission to impose a compliance monitorship on the company. bit.ly/3EeCfx8
The US's long-running foreign bribery prosecution of Lawrence Hoskins has ended after the Justice Department declined to seek another review of the former Alstom executive’s FCPA acquittal. bit.ly/3X7YJZq
Swedish prosecutors have closed an investigation into suspected bribery in China by Stockholm-based telecoms company Ericsson without filing any charges. bit.ly/3hMBHHy
Brazilian prosecutors have stopped cooperating with their Peruvian counterparts on a high-profile corruption case over concerns about Peru’s use of evidence against a Brazilian construction company. By @adl_gir
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When the US State Department asked the public for information on a Singaporean national accused of evading sanctions on North Korea, the Singapore Police Force responded with good news: they know where he is and they have his passport. By @MaxwellAFillion bit.ly/3teAzPd