Region: Mexico

Glencore ex-trader hopes to avoid prison time for manipulating benchmarks

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

16 March 2023

Judge rejects ethnic prejudice allegations in Fifa bribery trial

The president of Buzzfeed and former Fox International CFO testified about her former colleague, one of two former Fox executives accused of bribing football officials, a day after the judge denied a motion to dismiss the case due to ethnic prejudice.

15 February 2023

Ethnic prejudice questions surface in Fifa bribery trial

A judge ordered all sides of the ongoing Fifa trial to stop submitting filings about a motion to sever the case based on allegations that arguments presented by the government and a corporate co-defendant are prejudicial.

07 February 2023

FCPA Docket: ABB settles SEC charges

The SEC levied a $75 million civil penalty on ABB, a Korean data company has been debarred from the World Bank, and Mexican bribery charges have been added to the DOJ’s case against Javier Aguilar.

05 December 2022

Glencore and Pemex settle restitution claim

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Glencore and Pemex have resolved a claim by the Mexican state oil company that it was a victim of the Swiss commodity trader’s market manipulation via a confidential settlement.

13 September 2022

Pemex names officials allegedly bribed by Vitol

18 July 2022

Counsel Watch: Kobre & Kim tapped to act for Abramovich

In the latest counsel watch, Kobre & Kim is acting for sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich, and Winston & Strawn is acting for Mexican state energy company Pemex.

07 July 2022

Observers in Mexico lament neglect of national anti-corruption system

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Six years after the creation of the National Anti-corruption System, Mexican anti-corruption experts point out that it has been neglected in its mission.

05 July 2022

Pemex to seek damages as “victim” of Glencore’s price manipulation

Mexico’s state oil company will ask a US court to order Anglo-Swiss commodities trader Glencore to cover financial losses Pemex allegedly suffered in an oil price rigging scheme.

20 June 2022

Waste management company agrees foreign bribery settlement

Stericycle will pay at least $84 million to resolve US and Brazilian investigations into an international bribery scheme in Latin America.

20 April 2022

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