Investigating bribery is an increasingly high priority for authorities around the world.
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Investigating bribery is an increasingly high priority for authorities around the world. If you or your company are the subjects of such an investigation you need to know how to respond – immediately.
Azizur Rahman
6 October 2020
The US is considering whether to use fines collected from its bribery prosecutions to help finance anti-corruption efforts abroad.
Azizur Rahman
25 July 2020
With the US’ Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission having updated their guidance on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli outline the mai...
Nicola Sharp
16 August 2019
The United States is considering legislation to prosecute foreign officials that seek bribes from American businesses. Nicola Sharp sees echoes of the UK’s Bribery Act in the US proposal.
Azizur Rahman
29 January 2019
As a company, Rio Tinto is one of the world’s leading mining groups. But it finds itself at the centre of an investigation over allegations of bribery relating to an iron ore project in Guinea.
Nicola Sharp
21 November 2018
Microsoft has become one of the highest-profile companies to be investigated over allegations of corruption and bribery.
Azizur Rahman
29 March 2018
In 2018, a modestly-sized company became the first to be convicted in the UK for failure to prevent bribery. But the case itself raises more questions than it answers – and provides plenty of cause fo...
Syedur Rahman,
Nicola Sharp
15 March 2018
Big business is an international issue that very often crosses borders and involves many countries and jurisdictions….and carries many possible pitfalls.
Azizur Rahman
12 February 2018
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays Bank PLC with "unlawful financial assistance" relating to billions of pounds the bank raised in Qatar in 2008.