Enforcement authorities throughout the Americas continued investigations of fraud, corruption, and other misconduct across the region. Below are some of the highlights of the last quarter. ...more
5/28/2021
/ Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Venezuela ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wiretapping
DOJ Enforcement in Latin America Continues Despite Pandemic -
During the 3rd quarter, the Department of Justice made a number of high-profile arrests and concluded plea agreements in several cases related to Latin...more
11/24/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Appeals ,
Bribery ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Embezzlement ,
Extradition ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Latin America ,
Mexico Supreme Court of Justice ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security Agency (NSA)
On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released updated guidance entitled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (“Updated Guidance”), which provides the DOJ Criminal Division’s views on what comprises...more
Energy Explosion: 10 Trends to Watch in Energy Restructuring -
On April 20, 2020, U.S. benchmark crude traded negative for the first time. This drastic drop in price was caused by the perfect storm of the Saudi...more
5/20/2020
/ Carbon Off-Set Credits ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Investment ,
Mexico ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Renewable Energy ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Sustainability ,
Testimony
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
In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more
1/22/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Asset Seizure ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Legislative Vetoes ,
Mexico ,
Peru ,
Sanction Violations ,
Statutory Authority ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Enforcement authorities throughout the United States and the Americas continue to aggressively investigate fraud and corruption across the region in the third quarter of 2019. Below, we highlight some recent developments and...more
10/14/2019
/ Airlines ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Argentina ,
Aviation Industry ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Chile ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Investigations ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Ecuador ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Indictments ,
Kickbacks ,
Latin America ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
Peru ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Argentina’s corruption notebooks scandal is just as it sounds—a scandal initiated by eight notebooks documenting at least seven years of elaborate corruption schemes involving senior officials in Argentina’s government. The...more