The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has a lot going for it right now: a director hellbent on tackling complex fraud, bribery, and corruption, an enhanced budget, new partnerships to tackle international bribery and corruption...more
4/2/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Case Management ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Corporate Liability ,
Corruption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Fraud Prevention ,
Indemnification ,
New Legislation ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
The last several months brought forth major reforms to Brazil’s anti-corruption regulations and enforcement environment, including in the way that Brazilian companies are expected to enhance their compliance programs....more
3/12/2025
/ Accounting Controls ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement ,
Ethics ,
Fraud ,
Government Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Third-Party ,
Whistleblowers
As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more
9/25/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Boycotts ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Multi-jurisdictional civil fraud matters often present multiple challenges that make the tracing and recovery of assets a complex, costly, and time-consuming investigative process. Making a fraud victim whole again requires...more
8/21/2024
/ Asset Recovery ,
Asset Tracing ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Divorce ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Transactions ,
Forensic Accounting ,
Fraud ,
Injunctions ,
Investigations ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Offshore Banks ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Popular ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shell Corporations ,
Theft ,
Trusts ,
Venue ,
Witness
For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more
6/7/2024
/ Bribery ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Jurisdiction ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
In December 2023, President Joe Biden signed the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) into law under the broader Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). While FEPA’s sponsors hailed it as “the most...more
3/1/2024
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Cooperation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FEPA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Jurisdiction ,
NDAA
Juggling conversations with multiple enforcement agencies simultaneously in the course of a cross-border anticorruption investigation can be a difficult and daunting task for legal and compliance teams. Getting it right can...more
4/18/2023
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement Authority ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Investigations ,
UK