Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil’s anti-corruption agency is investigating “alleged irregularities” at the local subsidiary of Singapore oil rig construction company SembCorp Marine.

27 March 2023

The DOJ said in March 2022 that it would credit JLT up to 100% of its $29 million US disgorgement, payable in connection with an Ecuadorean corruption case, if the company resolved similar facts with the SFO within a year.

24 March 2023

GIR looks at a new corporate settlement mechanism in Brazil that provides an alternative avenue for companies in instances where they cannot qualify for a leniency agreement.

21 March 2023

A London court has granted the Serious Fraud Office its largest-ever account forfeiture order for funds allegedly stemming from a Brazilian corruption scandal.

17 March 2023

Emilio Heredia claimed that the misconduct he was convicted for had been “encouraged, rewarded and fully embraced” at his former workplace.

16 March 2023

A jury found one of two ex-Fox executives and a Uruguayan sports company guilty of bribing football officials for lucrative broadcasting contracts.

09 March 2023

08 March 2023

An Ecuadorian judge has accepted the charges brought by prosecutors against 37 people, including a former president, over an alleged bribery scheme where Chinese state-owned company paid $76 million in bribes to public officials for nearly a decade.

06 March 2023

02 March 2023

Ecuador’s top prosecutor has accused a Chinese engineering company of paying “tens of millions of dollars in bribes” to Ecuadorean public officials including a former president.

23 February 2023