Region: China - Global Investigations Review

Huawei CFO discussing potential settlement with US prosecutors

04 December 2020

Former Raytheon engineer sentenced over arms control violations

A US court has sentenced a former engineer at Massachusetts-based defence company Raytheon to prison for travelling to China with a laptop containing military secrets.

18 November 2020

Lawyers encouraged to assert privilege during investigations in China

The best practice for handling privilege issues in the context of investigations by Chinese authorities is to follow Western privilege norms, a Shanghai-based expert has said.

17 November 2020

Chinese national forfeits patents in trade secret theft case

10 November 2020

Huawei launches FOIA suit against US agencies in blockbuster sanctions case

Huawei has launched a lawsuit against several US government departments for failing to turn over material that the Chinese phone parts manufacturer says could prove charges against it and its CFO are politically motivated.

02 November 2020

Transparency International: foreign bribery enforcement in decline since 2018

13 October 2020

FCC to hand over confidential China Telecom documents to the DOJ due to espionage concerns

21 August 2020

South Korea charges Samsung researchers with corporate espionage

11 August 2020

Spain fines ex-ICBC execs millions over money laundering scheme

Spain’s National Court has handed a €22.7 million fine and prison sentences to four former employees of Chinese bank ICBC over allegations they laundered millions of euros on behalf of Asian criminal organisations.

03 July 2020

China charges Canadian citizens with espionage

19 June 2020