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GRECO Fifth Evaluation Round Report on Bulgaria

GRECO stresses the need to strengthen the operational independence of the Police from political influence. A comprehensive mapping of corruption risks in various police structures is called for, and a dedicated anti-corruption strategy should be put in place…

 

UK calls for global community to step up fight against corruption 

llicit finance and corruption have been used deliberately to gain access and influence in the UK and countries across the globe, threatening our democratic institutions, our politics, and our polices. The new bill also includes a reform of Companies House…

GFI publishes report on Financial Fraud in the Caribbean

This report focuses on the different frauds and scams that impact the Caribbean region, primarily advance fee frauds along with pyramid and Ponzi schemes. Other types of fraud, such as check fraud, credit card fraud, insurance fraud, government benefit…

NCA publishes Cyber Crime Report

The primary purpose of the Prevent campaign is to deter individuals from becoming more deeply involved in ‘cyberdependent’ criminal activities, such as illegal hacking, designing malware or virus writing. Unfortunately, at present there are many opportunities to perpetrate…

SEC grants more than 20 million to whistleblower

SEC announced an award of more than $20 million to a whistleblower who provided information and assistance that significantly contributed to a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower provided new information, met with Enforcement Division staff multiple times…

OECD issues report on catalysing collective action to combat corruption in infrastructure

This policy paper focuses on collective action and multi-stakeholder non-judicial grievance mechanisms to support early detection, prevention and reporting of corruption. It highlights three mechanisms, namely, the National Contact Point for Responsible Business…

OECD publishes phase 4 monitoring report on Spain’s implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention

The Phase 4 looks at the evaluated country’s particular challenges and positive achievements. It also explores issues such as detection, enforcement, corporate liability and international cooperation, as well as covering unresolved issues from prior reports.

OCCRP on Beneficial Ownership data

Publicly available beneficial ownership registries are a key tool for exposing corruption and financial crimes like ML. In what OCCRP dubbed the “OpenLux” project, members and partners used this data to uncover secret Luxembourg companies used…

SEC charges ABB Ltd for the bribery scheme it engaged in South Africa

The SEC’s order found that ABB executives in Switzerland and South Africa colluded with a high-ranking government official at Eskom, an electricity provider owned by the South African government, to funnel bribes to the official through complicit third-party service…

Global Witness on what BP could do with its £580m wartime Russian oil profits

BP told Global Witness that it ‘would not recognise this dividend as income’ and that under Russian regulations, payments would be made to ‘’a specific restricted Russian bank account, the contents of which could not be transferred outside Russia…

TRACE releases 2022 Bribery Risk Matrix

The assessment of country risk is fundamental to developing an effective compliance program and risk-based due diligence procedures. This year’s data, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Equatorial Guinea, Syria and Venezuela present the highest…

US DoJ announces repatriation of over $20m in assets stolen by former Nigerian dictator 

The US DoJ has transferred over $20.6 million to the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria) in accordance with an Aug. 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets the US forfeited that were traceable to the kleptocracy of former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators…