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Wilkie Compliance summarises the SEC enforcement top developments from February 2024

In February, recordkeeping and Regulation Best Interest actions continued to pick up steam, while the Supreme Court provided clarification regarding the applicability of whistleblower protections…

TI Switzerland publishes research on incidence of foreign corruption among Swiss companies

The online survey of 539 Swiss companies operating abroad, spanning various sizes and sectors, revealed that 52% face demands for under-the-table payments. Of these, 63% admit making such payments, according to the survey.  More than half of Swiss companies are confronted with claims…

GRECO publishes its Fourth Evaluation Round Interim Compliance Report on Liechtenstein, dealing with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors

GRECO acknowledges the significant efforts made by the authorities to implement the outstanding recommendations. Specific criteria to
assess the requirement of personal integrity for becoming a public prosecutor have been developed and explanatory comments to complement the Code of Conduct for prosecutors have been made public…

SFO secures conviction of former MoD official for taking £70k in secret kickbacks

Conviction secured against former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official Jeffrey Cook for misconduct in public office, by taking secret payments in exchange for commissioning work from offshore consultants for the MoD.

GRECO calls on Czechia to improve the effectiveness of its system to promote integrity and prevent corruption in government and the police

In its evaluation report, GRECO notes that Czechia has a robust legal framework to combat corruption in respect of top executive functions, but that too little focus is placed on guidance and training, as well as on supervision and enforcement of anti-corruption rules.

US Treasury sanctions Zimbabwe’s President and key actors for corruption and serious human rights abuse

OFAC designated 11 individuals, including Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and three entities for their involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuse pursuant to E.O. 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act…

US DoJ finds commodity trading company Gunvor guilty to bribe Ecuadorean officials to win business and orders to pay over $600M in criminal penalties 

The charge arises out of a scheme to bribe officials of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Petroecuador, the Ecuadorian state-owned oil company, in order to obtain contracts to purchase oil products. The proceeding was held before US District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano. As part of the company’s sentence, Gunvor was ordered to pay a criminal penalty of approximately $661 million.

 

Europol collaborates with Spanish authorities in arresting 53 criminal organisation members for €2 million sports betting corruption

Europol Supports Spanish Police in Arresting 53 Suspects for Sports Betting Fraud Across 20 Countries, uncovering EUR 2 Million Scheme. Operation also uncovers sophisticated livestream manipulation and ML scheme…

US DoJ convicts Javier Aguilar, former oil and gas trader, of FCPA violations and money laundering

A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted an oil and gas trader for his role in a scheme to bribe Ecuadorean and Mexican government officials and to launder money to secure contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars for his then-employer, Vitol Inc. (Vitol), the U.S. affiliate of the largest independent energy trading firm in the world…

Transparency International surveys open data for political integrity in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Underscores how open data can be used to uphold political integrity in the Western Balkans and Türkiye, focusing on three key areas: political financing, law-making and resource allocation

Basel Institute publishes key takeaways from the first Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Collective Action Forum

The Forum provided a platform to share good practices in multi-stakeholder approaches for strengthening business integrity in the region. The primary goal was to build mutual trust between stakeholders, which is necessary for Collective Action. It aimed to establish a regional community of practice that can assist companies in enhancing their compliance frameworks and addressing specific corruption…

OCCRP reports on case being brought against fruit exporter, Del Monte, by Kenyans

Covers the disappearance and deaths of four people over the Christmas period on Del Monte land, who allegedly has been there to steal pineapples.