Guilty plea by former Securency executive; corruption charges pending against...
Recent Enforcement Developments On 18 July 2012, David John Ellery, who served as Securency’s CFO, pleaded guilty in the Victoria Supreme Court in Melbourne, Australia, to a charge of false accounting....
View ArticleAdditional guilty plea in UK Serious Fraud Office case against former...
Former CEO of Innospec Ltd pleads guilty to conspiracy charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Paul W. Jennings, who resigned as CEO on 20 March 2009, pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court on 30...
View ArticleThe DOJ and SEC close FCPA investigations, decline to take enforcement action...
Recent Enforcement Developments Hercules Offshore, Inc. notified investors in April 2011 that the DOJ and SEC were investigating potential violations of the FCPA and securities laws. The company...
View ArticleThe Grand Old Duke of Palma: when he was up he was up, and when he was down...
In late July, while the Spanish parliament in Madrid was deciding on the most severe austerity plan in the country’s recent history, a man named Iñaki Urdangarín was busy in his adopted home town of...
View ArticleOracle Corporation settles FCPA complaint for USD 2 million
Recent Enforcement Developments SEC settles FCPA “books and records” complaint against Oracle Corporation. On 16 August 2012, the SEC filed a complaint in U.S. District Court alleging that the...
View ArticleWhere are the Teeth? Gifts, Hospitality, the Olympics and the UK Bribery Act
Before the UK Bribery Act came into effect in July 2011, two government documents were issued to help businesses and individuals understand the Act and its future enforcement. One, issued by the...
View ArticleThe Rising Chorus of Corruption-Busters in South Africa
Addressing the South African parliament last February, Lindiwe Mazibuko, leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance, declaimed, “We cannot hope to keep our streets safe when the shadow of corruption...
View ArticleFrench aerospace, defense and security company fined for bribing Nigerian...
Recent Enforcement Developments Safran Group fined for paying bribes in Nigeria. A Paris court has sentenced Safran to a Euro 500,000 fine for active corruption in Nigeria. Safran is the name of the...
View ArticleSome of the Best Things in Life are Free
For anti-corruption professionals, attorneys, compliance officers, scholars, students, and anyone in the world with access to the internet, TRACE offers an incredibly useful tool, free of charge: the...
View ArticleFormer Jordanian intelligence chief sentenced to 13 years in prison
Recent developments in Jordan punctuate Mr. Saqqaf’s and Mr. Jawad’s remarks in the previous post about corruption in that country being confined to the highest levels of government. For nearly four...
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