SFO director reiterates willingness to work with cooperating defendants

Speaking at an ABA conference in London, Lisa Osofsky once again emphasised her desire to utilise covert surveillance methods in white-collar cases.

Dechert can view annotations on privileged documents in latest spat with ENRC

A UK court has allowed Dechert to “forensically examine” documents that its former client, Eurasian miner ENRC, had attempted to prevent the firm from seeing by claiming they were privileged.

DOJ requests heaviest possible sentence for “openly defiant” convicted Libor rigger

US prosecutors have pushed for the maximum sentence for a former Deutsche Bank trader who self-published a scathing account of his trial.

Former Barclays bankers created fake audit trail for Qatari investments, court hears

Three former Barclays executives fabricated emails and memos to disguise extra payments paid to Qatari investors to secure a £3.95 billion investment in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis, a London court has heard.
OFSI sees drop in reported sanctions violations

The value of sanctions breaches self-reported to HM Treasury fell by more than a billion pounds in the last financial year.
TozziniFreire hires criminal partner to launch white-collar department

Complementing its market-leading compliance team, TozziniFreire Advogados has recruited a white-collar crime partner to lead an anti-corruption investigations department.

FCPA Docket: Senators press for CFIUS review of JBS acquisitions

In today’s news round-up, the DOJ goes after funds held by a former Peruvian president, and two US senators urge CFIUS to review acquisitions of US companies by a Brazilian business accused of bribery.

On eve of trial, Miami businessman pleads guilty

The purported mastermind of a money laundering scheme, Frank Chatburn, has pleaded guilty over his role in bribing Ecuadorian officials. Another defendant in the case has also admitted to wrongdoing.

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Comment & analysis

Gold trade compliance standards are weak, says Mark Pieth

Mark Pieth has called for greater regulation of the gold mining industry, which he argues is plagued by lax compliance and ethics standards.

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TozziniFreire hires criminal partner to launch white-collar department

Complementing its market-leading compliance team, TozziniFreire Advogados has recruited a white-collar crime partner to lead an anti-corruption investigations department.

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Editor's picks

Proactive compliance: predicting corrupt payments

The head of compliance at AB InBev, one of the world’s largest fast-moving consumer goods companies in the world by revenue, explains how the brewer uses data analytics and risk scoring to help identify transaction patterns that require investigation.

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Interviews

Danske Bank aims to lead the Nordics’ fight against financial crime

Danske Bank employees who are alarmed by revelations that the Danish lender is at the centre of possibly the largest ever money laundering scandal are...

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