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US DoJ launches a Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Programme, who awards to uncover crime, effective 1 Aug 2024

US DoJ’ s Criminal Division has introduced a Corporate Whistle blower Awards Pilot Program aimed at exposing and prosecuting corporate crime. Whistle blowers providing original and truthful information leading to successful prosecutions with forfeitures may be eligible for a percentage of the forfeited assets. The program focuses on crimes, corruption, and health care fraud involving private insurance plans…

 

 

The Guardian: Glencore’s former oil trading chief with conspiring to make corrupt payments to benefit the company’s West African oil operations

Alex Beard, Glencore’s former head of oil trading, along with ex-executives Andrew Gibson faces charges from a long-running bribery investigation. The charges relate to corrupt oil contract awards in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014. This follows Glencore’s 2022 guilty plea to corruption and market manipulation in the US and UK for bribes in eight countries, including Brazil and South Sudan…

US DoJ convicts Deputy Attorney General for bribing Mexican officials to secure contracts for Vitol Inc. in exchange for assistance in winning business

Javier Aguilar, Deputy Attorney General has confessed to bribing foreign officials to secure contracts for Vitol Inc. by using shell companies, fake contracts, and alias email accounts according to the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Attorney General was convicted last year will face consequences for his role in corrupting the international commodities market, impacting global trust in American businesses…

Transparency International releases its Annual Report for 2023

This report showcases the work of the Transparency International Secretariat, which coordinates the broader movement worldwide, spearheads global and joint advocacy, gathers best practices, conducts world-class research, and provides financial and technical support to our chapters.

SEC awarded over US$24 million to whistleblowers whose information led to an SEC enforcement action and another agency’s action

The SEC has awarded over US$24 million to two whistle blowers with US $4 million going to the first and US $20 million to the second. The second whistle blower received a larger award due to their crucial role in the investigation. These awards are funded by an investor protection fund and are given for original, timely, and credible information that leads to successful enforcement actions…

Transparency International publishes report examining corruption in education and health services in Africa

TI chapters in Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Rwanda and Zimbabwe carried out corruption risk assessments of education and health care services highlighting the impacts on women, girls and other groups at risk of discrimination.

SEC charges NovaTech and its principals and promoters with $650m crypto fraud

SEC announces charges against Cynthia and Eddy Petion, along with their company, NovaTech Ltd., for operating a fraudulent scheme that raised more than $650 million in crypto assets from more than 200,000 investors worldwide, including many in the Haitian-American community.

Europol arrests of Spanish lawyer for EUR 4.5 million fishery project bribe in Equatorial Guinea

The suspect’s company, which was registered in Spain, had reported limited commercial activity since its establishment. It had never developed any project, neither in Spain nor in any other country. However, between 2020 and 2022 the company reported two income streams for a total amount of over EUR 4.5 million. Further investigation showed that individuals close to the Equatorial Guinea government were among the beneficiaries of these sums.

GRECO publishes fifth round compliance report evaluating corruption prevention in Montenegro

GRECO concludes that Montenegro has implemented satisfactorily three of the twenty-two recommendations set out in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report. Of the outstanding nineteen recommendations, eleven have been partly implemented and eight have not been implemented.

SFO publishes strategy for 2024-29

Outlines how the SFO intends to build the necessary capability to effectively fight against serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption.

GRECO makes public its Fifth Round Addendum to the Second Compliance Report on Iceland

GRECO concludes that Iceland has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner nine of the eighteen recommendations contained in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report. Of the remaining recommendations, eight have been partly implemented and one not been implemented.

GFI examines the impact of the Beneficial Ownership Registry and Law on extractives sector in Tanzania

Report explores how these laws, designed to enhance transparency and accountability by identifying and registering the true owners of companies, affect the operations, governance, and economic outcomes within the extractive sector.

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