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France Adopts US-style Anti-corruption Settlement System

Paris - France adopted new anti-corruption legislation on Tuesday which will for the first time enable companies to strike negotiated financial settlements with magistrates, in the line with practices in the United States and Britain. The measure - a...

When People Anywhere Want to Fight Corruption, They Do Not Accept Excuses; They Take Action

I have recently returned from a fascinating trip to Bosnia and Serbia. Among other things, I attended a conference on whistleblowing in Belgrade. There the country´s prime minister spoke and encouraged the efforts to protect whistleblowers. He then d...

„Terror finanziert sich durch gefakte Turnschuhe“

Anstatt mit Drogenhandel und Prostitution verdienen kriminelle Banden heute ihr Geld mit gefälschten Arzneimitteln und Schmuggelzigaretten. Sicherheitsexperte Arndt Sinn über die Mafia der Zukunft. Hier gelangen Sie zum Interview: www.cicero.de

Was hat Al Capone mit Compliance zu tun? Wir decken es auf!

Glaubt man der Geschichte, so wurde Geldwäsche erstmalig von Al Capone betrieben und verdankt ihren Namen den Waschsalons durch welche Al Capone sein Vermögen „rein wusch“. Aber was genau ist „Geldwäsche? Geldwäsche beschreibt den Vorgang, in welchem...

Is ISO 37001 a step forward in fighting corruption? Probably not

The words standard and corruption in the same sentence have very little sense; whoever has been living and doing business outside its own courtyard will agree. Besides that, the said ISO standard does not anything new that legal specialists are not a...

Sponsoring: Growth Engine or Gross Error?

Our new Compliance Channel Case deals with “Sponsoring”. In order to inter alia support sales activities and increase brand awareness, corporations use a variety of marketing instruments. One of these means is “sponsoring”. Thereby the sponsored part...

Compliance Channel Cases – Growth Engine or Gross Error?

Explain Compliance on Sponsoring.

Gericht verhängt Haftstrafe im BER-Korruptionsprozess

Im Korruptionsprozess um den Bau des Hauptstadtflughafens BER ist ein ehemaliger Bereichsleiter der Flughafengesellschaft verurteilt worden. Das Landesgericht Cottbus verhängte dreieinhalb Jahre Haft wegen Bestechlichkeit. Außerdem muss der 48-Jährig...

Fifa faces legal challenge over Qatar migrant workers

Fifa is facing legal action in the Swiss courts over its alleged complicity in the mistreatment of migrant workers in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the Guardian can reveal. Since Fifa voted in December 2010 to hold the World Cup in the tiny Gulf...

Hempel fires four in German bribery scandal

In a statement Hempel said the German authorities were investigating whether alleged bribes had been made by some of its staff to ship managers in Germany. In reaction to the investigations Hempel has already dismissed four employees in Germany with ...

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