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Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – Boston FBI’s anti-corruption drive, Trinidad’s anti-corruption bill, update on anti-corruption enforcement in Ireland and more.

 

 

FBI unveils public corruption tipline, website by Milton J. Valencia published on Boston Globe

The Boston office of the FBI sought the public’s help Monday in rooting out public corruption, warning that the state’s fledging casino and medical marijuana industries have the potential to tempt legislators, police officers, even zoning board members into wrongdoing.“This is all fertile ground for bribery and public corruption,” said Lucy Ziobro, an assistant special agent in charge who oversees the prosecution of white-collar crimes… [ Read More ]

 

Anti-corruption bill finally passed in Trinidad’s Parliament published on Jamaica Observer

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Legislation to curb corruption in this country was finally passed yesterday in the Senate. However, the procurement legislation will take around six months before it is proclaimed by President Antho­ny Carmona and comes into effect as a number of mechanisms must be put in place before, says Planning Minister Dr Bho­en­dradatt Tewarie… [Read More ]

 

Update On Anti-Corruption Enforcement In Ireland by Carina Lawlor, Bríd Munnelly and Michael Byrne published on Mondaq

The Group of States against Corruption , a body established by the Council of Europe, published its fourth evaluation report on corruption prevention in Ireland on 21 November 2014. GRECO’s objective is “to improve the capacity of its members to fight corruption by monitoring their compliance with Council of Europe anti-corruption standards through a dynamic process of mutual evaluation and peer pressure”… [ Read More ]

 

Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2014 published on JDSupra

For busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we have tried to summarize the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month with links to primary resources. November was definitely a busy month with a variety of developments… [ Read More ]

 

 

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