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OECD on corruption in infrastructure

The OECD will develop an Infrastructure Anti-corruption Toolbox (I ACT) which will build the capacity of stakeholders to implement
effective anti-corruption systems based on international standards. Corruption and a lack of trust threaten to reduce the benefits of…

SFO secures third set of Petrofac bribery convictions 

The SFO has secured the conviction of Petrofac Limited for seven separate counts of failure to prevent bribery between 2011 and 2017. Petrofac admitted that senior executives of the Petrofac Group paid GBP 32 million (USD 44 million) in bribes to corrupt the awarding…

OECD on illicit financial flows in oil & gas commodity trade 

Oil trade activities constitute the most significant source of domestic resource mobilisation for oil producing developing countries. Yet, corruption and illicit financial flows (IFFs) also expose them to macro-critical risks of economic instability, exacerbating their often-high…

Basel Institute on corruption

Basel Institute publishes research on revealing the networks behind corruption and ML schemes, using the Toledo–Odebrecht case…

IMF working paper on sentiment-enhanced CPI

This paper constructs a new non-survey based perceptions index for 111 countries by applying sentiment analysis to Financial Times articles over 2005–18…

ISO 37002 – Whistleblowing management systems

ISO issues guidance on standard  37002, which relates to whistleblowing management systems – to organizations for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving a whistleblowing management system…

US DoJ sentences leader of a sophisticated drug trafficking organization

The Mexican national was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to 22 years in prison for her role in an international drug trafficking conspiracy to transport into the US…

SFO secures two DPAs with companies

SFO secures two DPAs with companies for Bribery Act offences. The two DPAs share a common Statement of Facts. The criminal conduct saw bribes paid in relation…

Home Office updates statistics on crimes outcomes

This bulletin reports on investigative case outcomes that have been assigned to notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales.

New Global ABC Network

The UN welcomed the launch of Globe Network to develop a quick, agile & efficient tool for combatting cross-border corruption offences…

FATF on Digital transformation

FATF summarises the digital transformation of ML/TF activities. This project aims to increase awareness of and identify opportunities to…

Govt Sanctions Regime

The UK has imposed its first asset freezes and travel bans under a new sanctions regime targeted at individuals and entities…