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SFO investigates Arena Television Limited

The SFO is conducting a criminal investigation into the business practices of individuals associated with Arena Television Limited and its linked entities. Three sites were searched by the SFO with support from the NCA…

OECD handbook on competition policy in digital age 

The OECD’s work in this area has highlighted that the core concepts, principles and economic foundations of competition policy are as relevant as ever in these markets. In fact, many well-established theories of harm and core concepts will be vital to ensure that…

OECD 2022 report on competition trends

This report highlights worldwide competition enforcement trends using the unique OECD CompStats database that includes 32 variables
covering competition authority resources, cartels, abuse of dominance, mergers, and advocacy. Panel data on competition enforcement…

Basel guide on internal controls & anti-corruption 

Internal control systems focused on mitigating corruption risks rely on both formal and informal practices. Corruption is very much a real-world phenomenon and won’t be solved by formal rules alone…

Basel guide on internal controls and anti-corruption 

Systems of internal control can be very effective in addressing corrupt conduct, which is the focus of this quick guide. But internal controls can also address other problems that affect an organisation’s efficiency and effectiveness…

ICE launches digital romance scams awareness campaign

As part of its role in combatting online financial fraud, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) launches a five-day digital awareness campaign to remind the public about the dangers of online romance scams…

SFO investigation delivers compensation for Nigerians

Over £200,000 in compensation obtained by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, will be given to the people of Nigeria after a UK-Nigeria Memorandum of Understanding was signed…

MACN reporting on corruption in maritime trade 

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has released the results and lessons learned from 10 years of collecting data of corrupt demands in maritime trade.  This data has been collected in over a decade through MACN’s Anonymous Incident Reporting platform…

TI on Integrity Pacts in the EU

The integrity pact, a collaborative tool pioneered by TI embeds a civil society organisation as an independent monitor in high risk and strategic public contracting projects, enhancing transparency and accountability. This type of civic monitoring plays an instrumental role…

EU recommendations on corruption & human rights 

European Union anti-corruption support to third countries follows a holistic and human rights-based approach, with a view to tackle links between corruption, human rights and the improvement of transparency, the fighting against impunity, the strengthening of…

OCCRP traces endangered Brazilian timber in the US

At the center of the fraud was Brazil’s forestry credits system, which was used to disguise the origin of the timber, leaked documents reveal. Shipping permits show the laundered wood was then sold to J. Gibson McIlvain — one of more than three dozen U.S. companies that…

Global Witness on EU’s regulation on deforestation-free products 

This proposal represents an essential step forward in global environmental governance and a huge opportunity to minimise the EU’s impacts on people and planet in line with its commitments on climate, biodiversity and human rights.