Corporate fraud & corruption
February 2020 | SPECIAL REPORT: CORPORATE FRAUD & CORRUPTION
Financier Worldwide Magazine
February 2020 Issue
Q&A: localising a global compliance programme
FW moderates a discussion on localising a global compliance programme between Aisling O’Sullivan at Brown Rudnick LLP, Lisa Vicens at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Abdus Samad Pardesi at Kirkland & Ellis, and Adam Turteltaub at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE).
Self-incrimination protection and procedure in international cases
Corker Binning Litigation is always an unwelcome experience, and criminal litigation even more so. This article considers the particularly difficult scenario where a business transaction concludes successfully, but subsequently unravels and descends into litigation…
Use of interviews in international fraud investigations
Ankura Consulting Group LLC As the global economy becomes increasingly interconnected, professionals must be able to access immediate countermeasures in order to investigate criminal financial activity within corporations, international financial institutions and other types of clients…
Miller & Chevalier Like many other things in life, the world of prosecutions and investigations has become an increasingly global one. A century ago, criminal prosecutions in the US were almost entirely local. The prosecutor’s power was generally restricted to a city, county or state…
O’Melveny & Myers Over the past few years, there have been two dominant trends in US criminal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement that in combination have driven enforcement results to new heights. First, starting in 2016, the US Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Anticorruption enforcement gathers momentum in Mexico
Ritch Mueller Many things changed over the course of 2019 in Mexico. The new government, which was inaugurated in December 2018, came on the back of a landslide election that gave the new president not only a clear mandate for change, but also the necessary…
The UK Bribery Act – 2019 round-up
Ashurst Bribery and corruption continue to be front and centre for prosecutors and enforcers around the world. 2019 was a key year of development for the UK’s Bribery Act (UKBA) and its chief enforcement agency, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)…
Unexplained wealth orders and account freezing orders
Byrne and Partners In the criminal arena, confiscation proceedings and restraint orders are well-known tools that facilitate the recovery of the proceeds of crime. This article will consider the latest tools introduced to fight fraud, money laundering, corruption and terrorist financing…
The ICO seeks to obtain powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Kangs Solicitors The Information Commissioners Office (ICO), for reasons outlined below, requires authority to exercise powers afforded by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) and has sought the views of interested parties. On 8 November, the ICO opened a consultation…
CONTRIBUTORS
Ankura Consulting Group LLC
Ashurst
Brown Rudnick LLP
Byrne and Partners
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Corker Binning
Kangs Solicitors
Kirkland & Ellis
Miller & Chevalier
O’Melveny & Myers
Ritch Mueller
Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)