Region: Uganda

FCPA Docket: former Swiss asset manager opposes judge reassignment

Other recent developments include: a former Fifa official who served five years for his role in a commercial bribery scheme, has asked for his conviction to be vacated and a former programme manager for an adoption agency imprisoned for a foreign bribery scheme has been granted compassionate release.

04 December 2023

Adoption manager gets one year in US prison for Uganda bribery

More than 40 families have filed for restitution in a DOJ case accusing US citizen Debra Parris of bribing public officials and illegally putting children up for adoption in Uganda.

04 November 2022

Standard Chartered reports flurry of internal bribery probes

In-house investigators at UK lender Standard Chartered launched on average at least one internal bribery probe per week in 2021.

17 February 2022

World Bank debars Africa Railways Logistics

16 April 2018

SNC-Lavalin settles African corruption allegations

The African Development Bank (ADB) announced on 1 October that Canadian construction and engineering company SNC-Lavalin has agreed to pay US$1.5 million to settle allegations that some of its former employees ordered bribes to be paid to public officials to win contracts in Africa.

02 October 2015

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