— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The new Counter Corruption Unit began work earlier this month and will proactively pursue those suspected of corrupt activity in prison and probation services across England and Wales. Working closely with law enforcement agencies, these specialist staff will investigate and disrupt criminality,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has agreed to delay Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment hearing until October, bowing to months of pressure from the latter’s legal team. Mandelblit announced today that the hearing will now be held on 2 and 3 October,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and XLRI – Xavier School of Management recently conducted a Discussion Forum on ‘Practice of Business Ethics in Business Management in the 21st Century’ in Mumbai. The forum titled “Business Management…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News In the oil, gas, and mining industries, the temptation to pay a bribe can be strong. Multinational companies that dominate these industries typically agree to pay host countries for the extraction of natural resources, which involves acquiring licenses and setting up agreements…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News We’ve all seen the reports of criminals carrying bags of money into casinos or buying luxury cars with stacks of neatly bundled bills. If real estate is the third part of this story, many may wonder just who exactly are B.C. realtors…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News A year has lapsed since the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition created history by ditching the incumbent Barisan Nasional government for the very first time in 61 years. May 10, 2018 was the day Malaysians can never forget. It was the dawn of…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is also due to inspect Japan’s anti-money laundering regime in the Autumn. According to media outlet Nikkei, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) is desperate for a good review from the FATF. Japan received the lowest possible rating…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News As we walked off the aeroplane in Hong Kong in November last year, on the eve of the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, we had no idea that we were stepping into the epicentre of an unfolding human drama. Just…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News MANILA – State prosecutors have charged 5 former and current Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) officials of facilitating money laundering in connection with the February 2016 $81-million Bangladesh Bank heist. Charged before the Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 141 were…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The ongoing 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal has forced Singaporean authorities to deal with the extent to which the country’s banks are vulnerable to abuse and threaten the country’s reputation for financial integrity. The country’s financial system may face another shock – the…