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DOJ Already Filing Material Support Charges After Designating Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

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On February 20, 2025, the United States designated eight cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Since then, the US...more

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The DOJ’s New White-Collar Agenda: Implications for Businesses

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) released its criminal—and, more specifically, white collar crime enforcement—initiatives under the current administration. This is typical each time new leadership...more

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OFAC Settles with Individual for $45,179 for Violations of the Global Magnitsky Act

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OFAC means what it says — in more ways than one.  In a precedent setting case, OFAC brought its first enforcement action against an individual for violating the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Political Changes Are Unlikely To Fundamentally Alter Key Sanctions

Key Points - - Political transitions in the West notwithstanding, we expect economic sanctions to remain a key response to geopolitical issues. - Current sanctions policy priorities are unlikely to shift markedly in...more

The Volkov Law Group

Episode 339: Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know

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How prepared is your organization to handle the evolving landscape of sanctions compliance? In this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov dives into critical sanctions compliance cases and their...more

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White Collar Quarterly Report - August 2024

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In 2023, the number of federal corporate prosecutions remained far below the 25-year average after two consecutive years of increases. ..The DOJ’s Fraud Section secured just $690 million in penalties across eight...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

Trade Violations Under the False Claims Act

On February 7, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that settlements and judgements under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $2 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. The 2022 fiscal year also had the second-highest...more

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Société Générale Pays $1.4 Billion for Systemic Sanctions Violations

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Société Générale (“SocGen”) entered into two deferred prosecution agreements (“DPA”) and agreed to pay $1.34 billion in penalties: $717 million to the Justice Department...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

This Week in FCPA-Episode 80, The Last Jedi Edition

Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the top compliance- and ethics-related stories of the week, including: 1. There are several FCPA 40th anniversary pieces going up these days. The FCPA Blog is looking...more

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DOJ Focuses on Individuals in Corporate Wrongdoing

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United States Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates issued a September 9 memo directing increased focus on individual culpability in matters of corporate wrongdoing. The memo highlights six policy directives – some existing,...more

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How to Conduct Internal Investigations Outside the United States

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Think of a U.S.-headquartered multinational when it receives an allegation of serious misconduct at one of its overseas operations. Maybe the company whistleblower hotline just got a tip that a secretary in the Buenos Aires...more

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OSC Affirms Breadth of Inter-Jurisdictional Enforcement Power, Limits on Sanctions in Conrad Black Case

The recent decision in Re Conrad M. Black et al. illustrates how the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) will use its inter-jurisdictional enforcement authority to impose sanctions relating to conduct in other jurisdictions...more

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