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08 February 2021
France Updates Recommendations for Preventing Corporate Corruption
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA) has released a new version of the Recommendations aimed at assisting legal persons of the public and private sectors in the prevention and detection of acts of corruption, trading in influence, solicitation, illegal acquisition of interest, misappropriation of public funds and favouritism.
Tags
Compliance
Business
Business
09 January 2021
Transnational Bribery: Current Trends in Law Enforcement
The UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (the FACTI Panel) has analysed the use of non-trial resolutions of foreign bribery cases in its report.
Tags
SanctionsComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
03 January 2021
Sweden Updates the Code to Prevent Corruption in Business
The Swedish Anti-Corruption Institute (Institutet Mot Mutor, IMM)*, a non-profit organisation, has released an updated version of the Code to Prevent Corruption in Business which provides organisations with recommendations on how to put existing legal norms into practice.
Tags
Standards of conductCompliance
Business
Business
04 November 2020
SFO Issues DPA Guidance
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published a chapter from its Operational Handbook* focused on the SFO’s approach to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement.  
Tags
SanctionsComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
05 October 2020
France Releases Guidance on Gifts and Hospitality
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA) has released the Policy on Gifts and Hospitality in Companies, Public Establishments of an Industrial and Commercial Nature, Associations and Foundations (La Politique Cadeaux et Invitations dans les Entreprises, les EPIC, les Associations et les Fondations).
Tags
Compliance
Business
Business
20 September 2020
Costa Rica Adopts Recommendations for Developing Compliance Programmes
Costa Rica has issued Regulation No. 42399-MEIC-MJP “Optional model for the organization, crime prevention, management, and control” (Reglamento denominado "Modelo facultativo de organización, prevención de delitos, gestión y control").  
Tags
Compliance
07 September 2020
AFA Releases 2019 Report
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA)* has published a report on its activities in 2019.  
Tags
Anti-corruption authoritiesComplianceEducationCorruption measurement
Business
Business
21 July 2020
U.S. Issues Updated Guide to FCPA
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced the publication of the second edition of A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Tags
SanctionsForeign briberyComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
16 July 2020
France Issues Guidelines for Prosecuting Foreign Bribery Cases
The French Ministry of Justice has issued a Circular on Criminal Justice Policy in the Fight against International Corruption (Circulaire de politique pénale en matière de lutte contre la corruption internationale) to provide guidance to the national prosecution service.
Tags
SanctionsForeign briberyComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
08 June 2020
US DOJ Updates Manual on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
The US Department of Justice (Department of Justice – DOJ) has updated its manual entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that is employed by prosecutors in criminal proceedings.
Tags
Criminal prosecutionCompliance
02 June 2020
Malaysia Introduces Criminal Liability of Legal Persons for Corruption
Section 4 of Malaysian Law No. A1567 of April 4, 2018 “On Amendments to Law No. 694 of January 6, 2009 “On Anti-Corruption Commission” (Malaysian Anti-Corruption-Commission (Amendment) Act 2018) has entered into force. It introduces criminal liability of legal persons, their directors and top managers for corruption crimes, committed on behalf or in the interest of a legal person.
Tags
SanctionsTransparencyStandards of conductCompliance
23 May 2020
OECD Issues Handbook on Public Integrity
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued the Public Integrity Handbook.
Tags
Corruption whistleblowers ComplianceEducationAsset disclosureTransparencyStandards of conductAnti-corruption authoritiesCivil societySanctions
Business
Business
08 February 2021
France Updates Recommendations for Preventing Corporate Corruption
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA) has released a new version of the Recommendations aimed at assisting legal persons of the public and private sectors in the prevention and detection of acts of corruption, trading in influence, solicitation, illegal acquisition of interest, misappropriation of public funds and favouritism.
Tags
Compliance
Business
Business
09 January 2021
Transnational Bribery: Current Trends in Law Enforcement
The UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (the FACTI Panel) has analysed the use of non-trial resolutions of foreign bribery cases in its report.
Tags
SanctionsComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
03 January 2021
Sweden Updates the Code to Prevent Corruption in Business
The Swedish Anti-Corruption Institute (Institutet Mot Mutor, IMM)*, a non-profit organisation, has released an updated version of the Code to Prevent Corruption in Business which provides organisations with recommendations on how to put existing legal norms into practice.
Tags
Standards of conductCompliance
Business
Business
04 November 2020
SFO Issues DPA Guidance
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published a chapter from its Operational Handbook* focused on the SFO’s approach to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement.  
Tags
SanctionsComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
05 October 2020
France Releases Guidance on Gifts and Hospitality
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA) has released the Policy on Gifts and Hospitality in Companies, Public Establishments of an Industrial and Commercial Nature, Associations and Foundations (La Politique Cadeaux et Invitations dans les Entreprises, les EPIC, les Associations et les Fondations).
Tags
Compliance
Business
Business
20 September 2020
Costa Rica Adopts Recommendations for Developing Compliance Programmes
Costa Rica has issued Regulation No. 42399-MEIC-MJP “Optional model for the organization, crime prevention, management, and control” (Reglamento denominado "Modelo facultativo de organización, prevención de delitos, gestión y control").  
Tags
Compliance
07 September 2020
AFA Releases 2019 Report
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA)* has published a report on its activities in 2019.  
Tags
Anti-corruption authoritiesComplianceEducationCorruption measurement
Business
Business
21 July 2020
U.S. Issues Updated Guide to FCPA
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced the publication of the second edition of A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Tags
SanctionsForeign briberyComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
16 July 2020
France Issues Guidelines for Prosecuting Foreign Bribery Cases
The French Ministry of Justice has issued a Circular on Criminal Justice Policy in the Fight against International Corruption (Circulaire de politique pénale en matière de lutte contre la corruption internationale) to provide guidance to the national prosecution service.
Tags
SanctionsForeign briberyComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
08 June 2020
US DOJ Updates Manual on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
The US Department of Justice (Department of Justice – DOJ) has updated its manual entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that is employed by prosecutors in criminal proceedings.
Tags
Criminal prosecutionCompliance
02 June 2020
Malaysia Introduces Criminal Liability of Legal Persons for Corruption
Section 4 of Malaysian Law No. A1567 of April 4, 2018 “On Amendments to Law No. 694 of January 6, 2009 “On Anti-Corruption Commission” (Malaysian Anti-Corruption-Commission (Amendment) Act 2018) has entered into force. It introduces criminal liability of legal persons, their directors and top managers for corruption crimes, committed on behalf or in the interest of a legal person.
Tags
SanctionsTransparencyStandards of conductCompliance
23 May 2020
OECD Issues Handbook on Public Integrity
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued the Public Integrity Handbook.
Tags
Corruption whistleblowers ComplianceEducationAsset disclosureTransparencyStandards of conductAnti-corruption authoritiesCivil societySanctions
Business
Business
08 February 2021
France Updates Recommendations for Preventing Corporate Corruption
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA) has released a new version of the Recommendations aimed at assisting legal persons of the public and private sectors in the prevention and detection of acts of corruption, trading in influence, solicitation, illegal acquisition of interest, misappropriation of public funds and favouritism.
Tags
Compliance
Business
Business
09 January 2021
Transnational Bribery: Current Trends in Law Enforcement
The UN High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (the FACTI Panel) has analysed the use of non-trial resolutions of foreign bribery cases in its report.
Tags
SanctionsComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
03 January 2021
Sweden Updates the Code to Prevent Corruption in Business
The Swedish Anti-Corruption Institute (Institutet Mot Mutor, IMM)*, a non-profit organisation, has released an updated version of the Code to Prevent Corruption in Business which provides organisations with recommendations on how to put existing legal norms into practice.
Tags
Standards of conductCompliance
Business
Business
04 November 2020
SFO Issues DPA Guidance
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published a chapter from its Operational Handbook* focused on the SFO’s approach to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement.  
Tags
SanctionsComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
05 October 2020
France Releases Guidance on Gifts and Hospitality
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA) has released the Policy on Gifts and Hospitality in Companies, Public Establishments of an Industrial and Commercial Nature, Associations and Foundations (La Politique Cadeaux et Invitations dans les Entreprises, les EPIC, les Associations et les Fondations).
Tags
Compliance
Business
Business
20 September 2020
Costa Rica Adopts Recommendations for Developing Compliance Programmes
Costa Rica has issued Regulation No. 42399-MEIC-MJP “Optional model for the organization, crime prevention, management, and control” (Reglamento denominado "Modelo facultativo de organización, prevención de delitos, gestión y control").  
Tags
Compliance
07 September 2020
AFA Releases 2019 Report
The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption, AFA)* has published a report on its activities in 2019.  
Tags
Anti-corruption authoritiesComplianceEducationCorruption measurement
Business
Business
21 July 2020
U.S. Issues Updated Guide to FCPA
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced the publication of the second edition of A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Tags
SanctionsForeign briberyComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
16 July 2020
France Issues Guidelines for Prosecuting Foreign Bribery Cases
The French Ministry of Justice has issued a Circular on Criminal Justice Policy in the Fight against International Corruption (Circulaire de politique pénale en matière de lutte contre la corruption internationale) to provide guidance to the national prosecution service.
Tags
SanctionsForeign briberyComplianceCriminal prosecution
Business
Business
08 June 2020
US DOJ Updates Manual on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
The US Department of Justice (Department of Justice – DOJ) has updated its manual entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that is employed by prosecutors in criminal proceedings.
Tags
Criminal prosecutionCompliance
02 June 2020
Malaysia Introduces Criminal Liability of Legal Persons for Corruption
Section 4 of Malaysian Law No. A1567 of April 4, 2018 “On Amendments to Law No. 694 of January 6, 2009 “On Anti-Corruption Commission” (Malaysian Anti-Corruption-Commission (Amendment) Act 2018) has entered into force. It introduces criminal liability of legal persons, their directors and top managers for corruption crimes, committed on behalf or in the interest of a legal person.
Tags
SanctionsTransparencyStandards of conductCompliance
23 May 2020
OECD Issues Handbook on Public Integrity
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued the Public Integrity Handbook.
Tags
Corruption whistleblowers ComplianceEducationAsset disclosureTransparencyStandards of conductAnti-corruption authoritiesCivil societySanctions
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