Topic: International cooperation

Leif Görts, the prosecutor in Sweden’s National Anti-Corruption Unit who led the investigation, told GIR that he closed the probe because his office could not identify the recipients of suspected bribes.

15 November 2022

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Singapore

When the US State Department asked the public for information on Kwek Kee Seng, a Singaporean national accused of evading sanctions to provide oil to North Korea, the Singapore Police Force responded a couple of days later with good news: they know where he is and they have his passport.

09 November 2022

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Brazil

Brazilian prosecutors have stopped cooperating with their Peruvian counterparts on a high-profile corruption case over concerns about Peru’s use of evidence against a Brazilian construction company.

09 November 2022

The US tax agency has identified 50 people and companies as possible targets for “sanctions-related enforcement” since March.

04 November 2022

Toulouse-based aerospace company Airbus is in talks over a potential criminal settlement in France, just 33 months after agreeing a record-breaking foreign bribery resolution.

27 October 2022

A senior US foreign bribery prosecutor has said the exemplary cooperation with Brazilian anti-corruption authorities provides a model for other countries wishing to collaborate with the Justice Department.

26 October 2022

Lafarge and its Syrian subsidiary pleaded guilty to “unprecedented charges” related to payments it made to terrorists groups to protect a cement plant near the Turkish border.

18 October 2022

07 October 2022

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Brazilian federal prosecutors have spoken about the challenging environment they face when conducting corporate corruption investigations.

15 September 2022

Treasury’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes also said FinCEN’s efforts to reform beneficial ownership disclosures were “game-changing”

08 September 2022