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Trafigura’s Bribery Scheme: Clandestine Meetings, 3rd Parties and Shell Companies (Part II of III)

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Trafigura’s bribery scheme resembles the same schemes implemented by its significant competitors — Vitol, Glencore, Gunvor.  At the core of the conduct, Petrobras and Brazilian government officials collected bribes in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 4 – Lessons Learned

We conclude our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international commodity trading company with its primary operations in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action-Part 3-The Penalty

We continue our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international commodity trading company with its primary...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 2 – The Bribery Schemes

We continue our exploration of the resolution of the FCPA enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international commodity trading company with its primary operations in...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Trafigura FCPA Enforcement Action – Part 1 – Introduction

In March 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the resolution of a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action involving the Swiss trading firm G Trafigura Beheer B.V. (Trafigura), an international...more

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DOJ and CFTC Close Out Slow FCPA Enforcement Year with $98 Million Resolution with Freepoint Commodities LLC (Part I of II)

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The Justice Department’s FCPA enforcement record for 2024 was slow.  This  trend was unexpected, contrary to my own predictions and of various other prognosticators.  It is hard to explain why this slowdown occurred....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

“Car Wash” is no more but enforcement continues outside of Brazil’s borders

Overview - A recent spate of cases on both sides of the Atlantic in 2023 show that criminal enforcement and asset recovery proceedings stemming from the iconic Brazilian anti-corruption investigation, Operation “Car Wash”...more

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DOJ Charges Two Oil and Gas Traders with FCPA Bribery Scheme Involving Petrobras

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In its first enforcement action of 2023, the Justice Department charged a Connecticut man and a foreign national with FCPA bribery and money laundering charges stemming from a bribery scheme to secure contracts with Petrobras...more

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Lessons Learned from the Honeywell FCPA Settlement (Part III of III)

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The Honeywell FCPA settlement underscored a number of important issues – lessons learned for compliance professionals.  Every FCPA case carries important lessons learned, but some more than others....more

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Digging into Honeywell UOP’s Bribery Schemes in Brazil and Algeria (Part II of III)

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The facts surrounding Honeywell’s bribery schemes in Brazil and Algeria are fairly straightforward.  In Brazil, the facts underscore the significant risks of bribery when companies participate in large, valuable project...more

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DOJ and SEC Close Year with FCPA Settlement with Honeywell UOP for $160 Million (Part I of III)

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The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission had a strong FCPA enforcement year.  However, there is certainly more to come and it is easy to predict that 2023 will be even a bigger year....more

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Tenaris Pays SEC $78 Million to Resolve FCPA Violations

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The SEC announced another FCPA settlement in 2022.  FCPA enforcement, in general, is picking up.  Tenaris, a global supplier of steel pipes and related services for the energy industry, agreed to pay the SEC $78 million to...more

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Salvador Dahan on the Journey of Petrobras

Operation Lava Jato (Carwash) had a profound effect on business in Brazil, with countless companies caught up in one way or another in the corruption scandal. State oil company Petrobras was no exception, but, as is the case...more

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Lessons Learned: Foster Wheeler FCPA Settlement Underscores Danger of Third-Party Risks (Part III of III)

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We all know and hear about third-party risks – over and over again. Despite this recurring theme, organizations continue to pay the price for failing to address third-party issues.  It does not take a rocket scientist to...more

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Foster Wheeler FCPA Action: Dancing with the Devil – Risky Third Parties (Part II of III)

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FCPA settlement actions often underscore specific compliance risks for legal and compliance professionals. If there ever was a case where third-party risks were bungled, and even intentionally embraced, the Foster Wheeler...more

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Latin America Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2020 Developments and Predictions for 2021 (Spanish version)

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A pesar de los impactos de la pandemia del COVID-19, 2020 fue un año activo no solo para la aplicación de la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas Extranjeras (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FCPA), sino también para la lucha contra la...more

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Latin America Anti-Bribery Year-in-Review: 2020 Developments and Predictions for 2021

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Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was an active year for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement - and anti-corruption enforcement more generally. Enforcement actions related to Latin America played...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments For February 2021

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Mayer Brown

When the Going Gets Tough the Tough get Going: Brazil Oil & Gas Thrives Despite the Pandemic

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Annus horribilis. This is a moniker that oil and gas insiders might well apply to 2020 given the disastrous effects on the industry from Covid-19 pandemic (“Pandemic”) and its accompanying recession which brought a...more

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Vitol FCPA Settlement: Lessons Learned (Part III of III)

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The Justice Department is coming to the close of a record FCPA enforcement year despite the disruptions caused by the pandemic. The Vitol case also represents the first parallel prosecution involving the Commodities Futures...more

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Vitol’s Bribery Schemes in Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico (Part II of III)

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Vitol’s bribery scheme stretched into three separate countries – Brazil, Ecuador and Mexico — and was carried out over a ten-year period. The Statement of Facts is instructive in describing the means by which Vitol used...more

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Vitol Pays $163.7 Million to Settle FCPA Case (Part I of III)

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The Justice Department continues to produce FCPA resolutions in a record year for enforcement.  The latest, and perhaps the beginning of several end-of-year and end of the Trump Administration resolutions, is DOJ’s settlement...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Settlement Highlights International Enforcement Linked to “Car Wash” Investigation

The UK Serious Fraud Office (the “SFO”) has reached a £1.2 million civil recovery settlement with Julio Faerman, a Brazilian national linked to the sprawling “Operation Car Wash” investigation involving the Brazilian...more

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DOJ FCPA Settlement: J&F Investmentos’ Bribery Schemes (Part II of V)

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J&F’s Investmentos bribery scheme was pervasive and was coordinated with a senior Brazilian Finance minister and orchestrated through the use of United States banking.  The Brazilian official appears to be Guido Mantega, who...more

King & Spalding

Q1 2020: Latin American Enforcement Review

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Enforcement authorities throughout the United States and Latin America are grappling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is dramatically changing the economic landscape and is sure to change the enforcement...more

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