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Transparency International assesses the strength of parliamentary oversight in several jurisdictions
This report provides a summary of key findings from our recent assessment of the strength of oversight mandate, practice and impact of parliaments in Armenia, Cambodia, Colombia, The Gambia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Kenya, Panama, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
UK Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences
The Home Office announced that it will conduct an independent review of the criminal disclosure regime and the challenges that arise in fraud investigations (the Review). The Review comes on the heels of the UK government’s broader fraud strategy…
SFO launches criminal investigation into funeral plan provider Safe Hands Plans
Serious Fraud Office opens a criminal investigation into a suspected fraud at Safe Hands Plans Limited and its parent company SHP Capital Holdings Limited after their funeral plan scheme collapsed last year.
United States seeks to forfeit more than $72 million involved in bribery and money scheme
The US filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking to forfeit more than $72 million involved in a bribery and money laundering scheme centered around Ecuador’s public police pension fund (ISSPOL). As alleged in the complaint, from 2014 through 2020, more than $2.6 million…
GRECO publishes second compliance report on North Macedonia
Follows the fifth evaluation round dealing with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in the central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies.
World Bank debars HTC Construction and Advanced Technology Joint Stock Company for misleading bids and obstructing investigators
The World Bank debarred HTC for a period of 41 months, in connection with fraudulent and obstructive practices linked to multiple World Bank-financed projects in Vietnam. HTC misrepresented its financial statements and inflated the values of its past contracts to mislead…
GRECO publishes second compliance report on the Netherlands
GRECO concludes that the Netherlands have satisfactorily implemented seven of the sixteen recommendations contained in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report. Seven recommendations have been partly implemented and two have not been implemented
OECD releases “International Tax and Africa”
The report reflects on the broader tax policy agenda including VAT, tax transparency, tax and crime, digitalisation of tax administrations, and tax and informality.
Moody’s Analytics explores strategies to meet regulatory expectations in AI-Led Anti-Money Laundering
The blog likely provides insights on how organisations can optimize AI technologies to align with regulatory requirements, ensuring a robust and compliant approach to Anti-Money Laundering efforts…
World Bank publishes Sanctions system, Fraud and Corruption Annual Report
This report documents how the offices of the World Bank’s sanctions system worked in FY23 to help ensure that the Banks’s funds are used in a transparent and accountable manner and only for their intended purposes.
US DoJ orders Albemarle to pay over $218M to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation
Between 2009 and 2017, Albemarle, through its third-party sales agents and subsidiary employees, conspired to pay bribes to government officials to obtain and retain chemical catalyst business with state-owned oil refineries in Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Albemarle obtained profits of approximately $98.5 million as a result of the scheme.
SEC charges Clear Channel Outdoor with FCPA violations relating to China Subsidiary
The order finds that, from at least 2012 through 2017, Clear Media bribed Chinese government officials to obtain contracts required to sell advertising services to public and private sector clients for display on public bus shelters and other outdoor displays.