Region: International

In the latest roundup, the US Senate recently confirmed new leaders for the US attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and a flurry of white-collar partner-level moves in the US and UK.

11 October 2021

The Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development has begun its search for a new chair of its bribery working group, and cryptocurrency exchange Binance has hired two former Internal Revenue Service cyber specialists.

01 October 2021

One Swiss lawyer said the country’s parliament should examine the “unacceptable” ruling that permits prosecutors to seize legal advice given by lawyers outside of Europe in certain circumstances.

23 July 2021

The Serious Fraud Office’s recent bribery settlement with engineering company Wood Group over historic conduct by Amec Foster Wheeler is only the second time the agency has included compensation for a foreign country within a deferred prosecution agreement.

19 July 2021

The former head of Switzerland’s financial intelligence unit expects foreign authorities to eagerly tap the office’s expanded powers to demand information from banks on behalf of international partners.

06 July 2021

06 July 2021

Featured in Women in Investigations 2021

The 2021 survey recognises lawyers, consultants, in-house investigators, prosecutors and academics from the international investigations community, chosen from some 300 submissions sent to GIR following an open nomination process.

17 May 2021

A German MP leading a push within the Council of Europe to create a new anti-corruption body says that the move is required following a series of scandals implicating members of the organisation.

19 March 2021

10 February 2021

GIR is accepting nominations for the third Women in Investigations survey, highlighting 100 remarkable female lawyers, corporate counsel, barristers and government enforcers working in the field.

28 January 2021