— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Alex Beard helped build Glencore into one of the world’s top three oil trading houses and became a billionaire when it listed on the stock market in 2011. The 51-year-old joined Glencore in 1995, and is stepping down at the end…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The rent, corrupted model of the economy implies the constant use of the system transforming political investments into financial dividends. It is in the structure of the basic financial flows, which are formed in the public sector and the real sector of the…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Shipping and logistics company F.H. Bertling Ltd. has been fined £850,000 ($1.1 million) for its role in an alleged bribery scheme to secure freight-forwarding contracts in Angola, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office said Monday. The SFO charged F.H. Bertling and several…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News WASHINGTON — The US government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters on Monday, setting up what could be an unprecedented, wide-ranging probe of some of the world’s largest…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Do you know what to do if you encounter corruption? If the answer is no, then you’re not alone. Research from the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) reveals that most Victorians don’t know how to deal with corruption if they experience…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, a draft law on the confiscation of illegal assets of officials and the punishment for the acquisition of such assets . Respective bill No. 10358 of June 3 on…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Google parent Alphabet Inc., Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. tumbled as the companies appear set to undergo U.S. antitrust probes after the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to split up oversight of technology giants. The DOJ’s preparations to investigate Google, first reported late Friday, mark…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Recent developments have given the Romanian people much to celebrate. Last week, the European Parliament elections saw voter participation exceed 50%, a resounding rejection of the corruption-fueled party in power, the Social Democrats Party (PSD). It also showed resounding support for…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Recently, iconic Spanish World Cup winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas, during practice for his current club side, Porto, suffered a heart attack. Fortunately, in his case, trained medical professionals employed by the club (and subject to obligations to assist) were at hand…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Opposition leader Benny Gantz kicks off his election campaign, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of leading the country into “total chaos” and slamming his decision to call a national election for the second time in under 6 months as a…
