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OECD tests garment-sector certification against due diligence standards, assessing how WRAP’s written rules align with responsible supply-chain expectations

July 17, 2026

The report presents a standards-only alignment assessment of the Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production certification against the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector. It forms part of a wider OECD series evaluating how sustainability initiatives align with due diligence guidance and governance criteria, supporting more consistent expectations for responsible business conduct in global supply chains.

GRECO’s Compliance Report on Armenia highlights progress in anti-corruption and integrity measures, while noting remaining gaps in conflict of interest, accountability and oversight

July 16, 2026

The Fifth Round First Compliance Report assesses Armenia’s implementation of 22 recommendations on integrity in central government and law enforcement, with public summaries reporting that six recommendations were implemented satisfactorily, 15 partly implemented and one not implemented. GRECO welcomed progress on the status of unpaid government advisers, the code of conduct for senior public officials, police transparency…

OECD’s Policy Brief highlights 25 years of foreign bribery enforcement, showing continued action against companies and individuals while identifying ongoing challenges in detection and prosecution

July 16, 2026

The policy brief provides enforcement data reported by Parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention from the Convention’s entry into force in 1999 to the end of 2025. It distinguishes foreign bribery from related offences covered by the Convention, including accounting misconduct and money laundering linked to bribery of foreign public officials, while separating enforcement data for individuals and legal entities…

OECD records enforcement by parties to its Anti-Bribery Convention through the end of 2025, covering foreign-bribery cases as well as related accounting and money-laundering offences

July 16, 2026

The Enforcement Data of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention 1999–2025 policy brief compiles outcomes reported by the Convention’s 46 parties since it entered into force. By separating proceedings against individuals and companies and distinguishing foreign bribery from associated offences, the data provide a comparative measure of how consistently participating countries are detecting, prosecuting and sanctioning corruption in international business.

NCA intelligence helps Nigerian police arrest six suspected fraudsters accused of impersonating international celebrities to target victims in the UK and overseas

July 16, 2026

The operation concerned an alleged scam centre in Delta State whose members reportedly used digital devices and false celebrity identities to deceive victims around the world. Cooperation between the NCA, the Nigerian Police Force and Meta demonstrates how intelligence sharing with overseas authorities and technology platforms can support the disruption of cross-border online fraud.

TI-EU challenges the European Commission over a consultancy advising its hydrogen policy while also working for fossil-fuel and gas-storage interests that could benefit from the same programme

July 16, 2026

The complaint concerns Guidehouse’s work for DG Energy on the European Hydrogen Bank while it was also engaged by H2eart for Europe, an alliance promoting underground hydrogen storage projects. Transparency International EU and four partner organisations have asked the Commission to explain its due-diligence procedures and urgently review Guidehouse’s contracts for potential professional conflicts of interest.

SFO accelerates its economic-crime caseload with five new investigations, 14 arrests and ten suspects charged while expanding its use of asset-freezing and recovery powers

July 16, 2026

The agency conducted seven search operations across 24 premises and made its first use of new powers to freeze cryptocurrency during 2025–26. It also secured its first Unexplained Wealth Order, recovering £1.1 million from a property sale, while preparing investigators for the failure-to-prevent-fraud offence and issuing new guidance on corporate self-reporting.

Hong Kong ICAC sentences a secretarial company proprietor for offering a HK$6,800 bribe to a bank employee to assist clients referred by her in opening bank accounts

July 15, 2026

A company secretarial proprietor was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and fined HK$2,000 after pleading guilty to offering a HK$6,800 bribe to a Bank of China (Hong Kong) employee for assisting referred clients in opening bank accounts. The bank employee refused the bribe and reported the incident, with ICAC noting that BOCHK assisted the investigation and that the accounts opened in the case had fulfilled…

FinCEN warns that organised fraud rings are using stolen identities, fraudulent applicants and sham college enrolments to obtain federal student-aid payments

July 15, 2026

The FinCEN Alert on Fraud Schemes Targeting Federal Student Aid examines activity that causes losses to government programmes and can prevent genuine students from enrolling in oversubscribed classes. Developed with the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General and the FBI, the alert provides behavioural and transactional indicators and asks financial institutions to use the key term FIN-2026-FSAFRAUD in related suspicious activity reports.

NCA secures convictions against three defendants who used forged documents and a fraudulent escrow arrangement to obtain payments for PPE that was never supplied

July 15, 2026

The case concerned false claims that the defendants could source protective equipment during the pandemic, when intense international demand created opportunities for procurement fraud. The proceeds were spent on house renovations, luxury vehicles and other personal expenditure, illustrating how fraud investigations can connect deceptive commercial arrangements with the subsequent laundering and enjoyment of criminal proceeds.

TI UK warns of corruption risks after the COVID Inquiry found the PPE “VIP lane” favoured politically connected suppliers, with weak controls and nearly £10B in wasted public funds

July 14, 2026

The inquiry found that almost £10 billion of the £14.9 billion spent on PPE was wasted, with concerns over weak transparency, insufficient due diligence and procurement processes that increased corruption risks. The findings reinforce concerns around public sector corruption risks, conflicts of interest and lack of safeguards during emergency procurement, with calls for stronger transparency, accountability…

OECD’s Phase 4 Follow-Up Report on Türkiye finds limited progress on foreign bribery reforms, with continued gaps in enforcement, corporate liability and whistleblower protection

July 9, 2026

The Phase 4 follow-up report says Türkiye has fully implemented only 10 of 71 recommendations, partially implemented 12 and not implemented 49, with continuing priority gaps on whistleblower protection, corporate liability, dissemination of foreign bribery allegations to prosecutors and designation of a specialist prosecutorial unit. The Working Group also expresses concern that Türkiye has opened no new foreign bribery investigations or prosecutions…

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