— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, who abruptly announced his retirement this week, is among four top political and business figures charged in a corruption and bribery scheme, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. Robert Hayes, a former…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Three large chemical manufacturing companies based in Norway and the US have fallen victim to ransomware attacks, after a program called LockerGoga gained access to systems, encrypted files and disrupted operations. On 19 March the global aluminium producer Norsk Hydro was…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Financing is the critical enabler for any organization, even for the Mexican cartels, Central American gangs, and international terrorist groups. Following the money trail helped governments better understand, detect, disrupt, and counter transnational threat networks. Since 2008, the United States and…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Tobacco stocks dipped Wednesday after the Food and Drug Administration said it was investigating nearly three dozen cases of people who had seizures after vaping. The FDA said that between 2010 and 2019 it received 35 reports of people, especially teens and young…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Buenos Aires, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) Argentina and Uruguay have signed an agreement on confiscated assets that will allow, among other things, to recover assets that are in the territory of a country and have been obtained through corruption crimes.…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Ukraine is in the middle of a presidential election campaign in which its larger neighbor plays an outsize role. The war with Russia-backed separatists, which has lasted five years and claimed 13,000 lives, weighs heavily on the race, as do fears…
A few evenings ago, a very enjoyable chat/dinner occurred between this blog and Willem-Gert Aldershoff, a poor soul formerly tasked with working feverishly within the European Commission departments of International Relations as well as Justice and Home Affairs. During a wide-ranging conversation the current issues surrounding Mayor Trukhanov were raised. Not withstanding his long known…
