The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") is in a robust, and collaborative, mood. Three months after jointly announcing the formation of a new International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce (the "Taskforce"), the UK's premier...more
Previously, where a country needed assistance from law enforcement in another jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute criminal offences, it would have to go through the notoriously slow and often fruitless process of...more
Terrorist financing comes at a price – and in the case of a global building supplies manufacturer that has pleaded guilty in a US court to making payments to terrorist organisations, that price is USD 778 million in fines and...more
11/7/2022
/ Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Auditors ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Due Diligence ,
Human Trafficking ,
ISIS ,
Money Laundering ,
Remediation ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Turkey ,
Whistleblowers
Tech companies of U.S. origin tend to have compliance programs focused on U.S. laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA") and relevant tax and labor laws. The UK has enacted laws covering bribery and...more
2/8/2019
/ Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Liability ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Risk Assessment ,
Strict Liability ,
Tax Evasion ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017