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GRECO finds that Slovenia has made insufficient progress in implementing anti-corruption recommendations in latest compliance report
Report states that tangible actions are required on an integrity plan for the government, managing conflicts of interests and carrying out substantive checks of asset declarations.
OECD reports that Austria has made important progress in the enforcement of the foreign bribery offence but it must improve its framework for the implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention
The Working Group recommends that, among other things, Austria: clarify interpretative issues related to the foreign bribery offence and the corporate liability regime, address a concern regarding the statute of limitations to allow adequate time for investigation and prosecution, proactively pursue criminal charges against legal persons, urgently take meaningful steps to revise the current framework to shield prosecutors from undue interference prohibited under Article 5 of the Anti-Bribery Convention…
OECD WG on Bribery reports that Romania is progressing in implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention but needs to improve its foreign bribery legislation and detection mechanisms
The 46-country OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed its Phase 2 evaluation of Romania’s implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and recommends that Romania: amend its foreign bribery offence to fully align it with the Convention, increase sanctions available in foreign bribery cases and ensure that proceeds can be confiscated ,develop a strategy for detecting and reporting foreign bribery cases, clarify and enhance its foreign bribery whistleblowing framework…
EPPO Luxembourg assumes control of an investigation into procurement fraud linked to a political party
EPPO in Luxembourg has taken over an investigation from the Luxembourg State Prosecutor into a political party suspected of procurement fraud, document forgery, and ML. This inquiry stemming from a spring 2023 audit, focuses on two contracts awarded to the party by the Luxembourgish National Reception Office in 2016 and 2017, aimed at developing a language translation tool for refugees…
OCCRP uncovers alleged Hong Kong crypto scammer’s connection to Singapore money laundering syndicate
Su Weiyi faces charges of theft in Hong Kong in relation to the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency platform Atom Asset Exchange. Corporate records show he has business partners linked to money laundering, online scam, and human trafficking investigations in Singapore and the Philippines…
OECD publishes monitoring report for the Reinforcing Democracy Initiative
This report offers an overview of collective progress made in OECD countries across the five pillars of the Initiative and their respective action plans: combatting mis‑ and disinformation; enhancing participation, representation, and openness in public life, including a focus on gender equality; stronger open democracies in a globalised world; governing green; and digital democracy.
OECD publishes two-year follow-up on Italy’s progress in implementing the Anti-Bribery Convention
The report described Italy’s efforts to implement the 48 recommendations and to address the follow-up issues identified during its Phase 4 evaluation of October 2022. In sum, Italy has fully implemented 18 recommendations, partially implemented another 7 and not implemented 23.
GRECO finds evidence of slight improvements in Swiss anti-corruption measures in latest Compliance Report
Switzerland has still only implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner five of the twelve recommendations contained in the Fourth Round Evaluation Report. Notes that no tangible efforts have been undertaken to set in place a disciplinary system to sanction federal court judges for breaches of their professional duties.
Basel Institute of Governance publishes quick guide to corruption and human rights
Looks at how anti-corruption can potentially benefit from a human rights perspective.
SEC issues $12m Award to Joint Whistleblowers, who provided critical information and assistance in an SEC enforcement action
The joint whistleblowers provided the SEC significant information and extensive cooperation, which helped expand the scope of the investigation and the charges brought in the enforcement action and also saved the agency substantial time and resources. The joint whistleblowers met numerous times with SEC’s enforcement staff and certain of the joint whistleblowers suffered hardships due to their whistleblowing…
SEC alleges that Cumberland DRW has been operating as an Unregistered Dealer in the Crypto Asset Markets
Cumberland has acted as an unregistered dealer by buying and selling crypto assets offered and sold as securities for its own accounts as part of its regular business. As alleged in the complaint, Cumberland publicly calls itself “one of the world’s leading liquidity providers” in crypto assets and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week by trading with counterparties by the telephone or through its online trading platform, Marea…
EPPO Bulgaria accuses former mayor and ex-governor in an investigation into possible fraud, involving the reconstruction of a fishing port
The four are accused of forging official documents and submitting false information, in order to illegally receive EU funds for a €3.4 million project, co-funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. At issue is a project to improve the infrastructure of an existing fishing port in the outskirts of Varna, submitted by the Municipality of Varna (the beneficiary). However, according to the investigation, such a port did not exist when the application for EU funding was submitted…