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Analysing the law and practice of international investigations into corporate misconduct & related enforcement.

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When the US State Department asked the public for information on a Singaporean national accused of evading sanctions on North Korea, the Singapore Police Force responded with good news: they know where he is and they have his passport. By Max Fillion bit.ly/3teAzPd

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Brazilian prosecutors have stopped cooperating with their Peruvian counterparts on a high-profile corruption case over concerns about Peru’s use of evidence against a Brazilian construction company. By Ana de Liz bit.ly/3ToiZ67

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Swedish prosecutors have closed an investigation into suspected bribery in China by Stockholm-based telecoms company Ericsson without filing any charges. bit.ly/3hMBHHy

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The US's long-running foreign bribery prosecution of Lawrence Hoskins has ended after the Justice Department declined to seek another review of the former Alstom executive’s FCPA acquittal. bit.ly/3X7YJZq

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A Manhattan judge delayed the FCPA sentencing of Glencore after prosecutors asked for more time to work with Swiss counterparts to gain permission to impose a compliance monitorship on the company. bit.ly/3EeCfx8

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The former CEO of Austrian lender Meinl Bank claimed US prosecutors have given a “fundamentally false and misleading account” of their case against him in an effort to secure his extradition from the UK. bit.ly/3EfwS0J

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OFAC is reviewing - and seeking public comment on - its enforcement guidelines to ensure they stay relevant and can be applied to new technologies, an official with the office said last week. bit.ly/3V5RJuJ

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Ireland's Department of Justice has said it is experiencing “legal difficulties” in responding to evidence-gathering requests from European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in response to claims that the country has systematically hindered the EU office's mission. bit.ly/3U7CdgK

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Parchment, shillings and the Julian calendar: Ana de Liz speaks with the investigators who looked into the Church of England’s historic links to transatlantic slavery. bit.ly/3Wp2Fn8

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GIR, the FT and the Guardian, represented by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, have asked a US court to unseal a pair of sentencing memos in the case against Saman Ahsani for his role in the Unaoil bribery scandal. bit.ly/3Ddqmbj

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One of the brothers behind Unaoil, the energy consultancy at the centre of global bribery investigations, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison as well as a year of probation. By @annabiancaroach in Houston bit.ly/3RrvONB

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GIR can reveal the practitioners who were chosen to monitor Glencore following its foreign bribery and market manipulation plea agreements in the US. bit.ly/40RDYTL by Marieke Breijer Max Fillion and @SamllFry

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The UK’s data commissioner has rebuffed GIR efforts to obtain correspondence that helped an independent reviewer conclude there had been a historic “culture of distrust” at the Serious Fraud Office. bit.ly/3xmVsd6 By @SamllFry

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Ecuador’s top prosecutor has accused a Chinese engineering company of paying “tens of millions of dollars in bribes” to Ecuadorean public officials including a former president. bit.ly/3kpWmCR By Ana de Liz

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The Geneva AG recorded one of the most high-profile white-collar crime convictions of recent times. GIR's @SamllFry visited Olivier Jornot to discuss his office's processes and priorities, and criticisms of a controversial corporate settlement tool. globalinvestigationsreview.com/article/the-pr…

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There's a new OFAC on the block - and it has nothing to do with US sanctions. Meet France's new cybercrime investigator: globalinvestigationsreview.com/article/france… By Isaac Newton

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In an interview with GIR, PNF prosecutor Jérôme Simon said he is keen to shake off the dusty image of traditional financial crime investigations in France, and instead show what a group of young and pragmatic professionals can accomplish. globalinvestigationsreview.com/article/pnf-pr…