Bribery & Corruption

Brazil’s president has ended the huge Operation Car Wash investigation, saying there is no longer corruption in the government

Nicola Sharp of financial crime specialists Rahman Ravelli is unconvinced.

By Nicola Sharp  15 October 2020

The United States has devised a plan to help fund some other countries’ anti-corruption efforts. International business crime specialists Rahman Ravelli assesses the pros and cons.

The US is considering whether to use fines collected from its bribery prosecutions to help finance anti-corruption efforts abroad.   

6 October 2020

Legal Director Syed Rahman assesses for Thomson Reuters the Financial Action Task Force’s “red flags’’ for identifying virtual assets being used to launder money

The international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a list of "red-flags" to help identify money laundering and terrorist financing activity that uses virtual assets.

By Syedur Rahman  22 September 2020

Senior Partner Aziz Rahman comments in The Wall Street Journal on the SFO charging Airbus subsidiary GPT over alleged Saudi corruption

With Airbus subsidiary GPT and three individuals having been charged over alleged corruption relating to a defence contract in Saudi Arabia, The Wall Street Journal sought the opinions of Rahman Ravelli’s Aziz Rahman.

By Azizur Rahman  3 August 2020

Legal Director Nicola Sharp tells Lawyer Monthly about the UK-EU post-Brexit law enforcement issues that need clarifying

With post-Brexit working arrangements currently the subject of top-level discussions between the UK and the European Union, there remains a number of law enforcement issues to be clarified.

By Nicola Sharp  29 July 2020

Rahman Ravelli tells Thomson Reuters about the pressures facing Germany’s financial regulator after Wirecard’s collapse.

The collapse of payments company Wirecard has led to the European Union looking into the activities of Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin.With creditors owed almost $4 billion, the demise of Wirecard could become one of Germany’s biggest ...

1 July 2020

Legal Director Syed Rahman assesses the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s efforts to prevent money laundering for GIR

With the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) planning on-site money laundering checks on its members, Rahman Ravelli’s Syed Rahman was asked by Global Investigations Review to assess the measures.

By Syedur Rahman  15 June 2020

Senior Partner Aziz Rahman assesses the effectiveness of the Bribery Act’s first ten years for Security Matters

The tenth anniversary of the Bribery Act passing into UK law led Rahman Ravelli’s Aziz Rahman to pen an article examining its effectiveness.

By Azizur Rahman  10 June 2020

Research has shown that hundreds of UK firms are blacklisted in the Ukraine for suspected involvement in money laundering.

Nicola Sharp of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli believes the research highlights a problem that needs addressing.

By Nicola Sharp  22 May 2020

Senior Partner Aziz Rahman outlines what banks need to do to prevent emergency Covid-19 loans being used to launder money in an article for Thomson Reuters

With concerns that emergency Covid-19 loans could be used by those looking to launder money and finance terrorism, Rahman Ravelli’s Aziz Rahman outlined the challenge facing banks.

By Azizur Rahman  7 May 2020