SEC charges Rio Tinto plc with bribery controls failures

SEC announced charges against global mining and metals company, Rio Tinto plc, for violations of the FCPA arising out of a bribery scheme involving a consultant in Guinea. The company has agreed to pay a $15 million civil penalty to settle the SEC’s...

Further U.S. Responses to the Conflict in Ukraine

OFAC described President Biden’s ban on the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to the US as “a significant action with widespread bipartisan support that will further deprive President Putin of the economic resources he uses to continue his...

SFO confiscation against former Petrofac executive 

The SFO has secured a confiscation order worth over £140,000 against Petrofac’s former Head of Sales for making corrupt payments and offers to influence the awarding of oil and gas contracts for Petrofac in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates…...