As 2020 drew to a close, enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continued to investigate fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below, we highlight some developments from...more
1/22/2021
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Brazil ,
Bribery ,
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
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Drug Trafficking ,
Ecuador ,
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Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sweden ,
Whistleblowers
In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more
1/22/2020
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Asset Seizure ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
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Economic Sanctions ,
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Export Controls ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Legislative Vetoes ,
Mexico ,
Peru ,
Sanction Violations ,
Statutory Authority ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continue to aggressively investigate fraud and corruption across the region in the third quarter of 2019. Below, we highlight some recent developments and...more
10/14/2019
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Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Aviation Industry ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Chile ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Investigations ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Ecuador ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Indictments ,
Kickbacks ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
Peru ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Recent debarments of contractors by the World Bank underscore the need for entities working under multilateral development bank (“MDB”) contracts to implement effective anti-corruption project finance mitigation strategies...more
10/3/2019
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Banks ,
Collusion ,
Colombia ,
Competitive Bidding ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
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Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Indonesia ,
Misrepresentation ,
Project Finance ,
Spain ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
World Bank
Argentina’s corruption notebooks scandal is just as it sounds—a scandal initiated by eight notebooks documenting at least seven years of elaborate corruption schemes involving senior officials in Argentina’s government. The...more