Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Anti-bribery convention

  • Corporate Bribes Not Tax-Deductible In Russia, Finance Ministry Says

    That's what the Russian Finance Ministry recently ruled in an effort to abide by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Anti-Bribery Convention, Bloomberg reports. "Expenses incurred while committing legal violations, including ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Media advisory: Government action to stop companies bribing abroad

    Transparency International's annual report on enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, "Exporting Corruption?

    www.transparency.org

  • Awaiting a true account

    The laws were adopted in Australia as a result of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention of 1997. Under this convention, the world's developed countries pledged to criminalise bribery and corruption in the developing world.

    www.smh.com.au

  • Lessons from "the mensalão": Brazil's largest-ever corruption trial

    The mensalão reminds us that Brazilian law does not yet make corporate entities liable for corrupt acts, although the country has committed to establish such liability for purposes of compliance with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Several companies ...

    www.trust.org

  • High Tide: From Britain's FATCA to Rejecting Tymoshenko's Appeal

    India Inc. is bracing for stricter anti-bribery laws. (Times of India). Money Laundering: Does the U.K. want its own version of ... Why do we need a global convention against corruption? (Transparency International). Since Nigeria became independent in ...

    blogs.wsj.com

  • Sands China Deals Scrutinized

    It is now under scrutiny by the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the company's audit committee for possible violations of antibribery laws, according to company documents and people familiar with the inquiries. The probes ...

    online.wsj.com

  • US Mandates Oil Companies to Disclose Payments Abroad

    The Act was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on December 19, 1977, and amended in 1998 by the International Anti-Bribery Act of 1998, which was designed to implement the anti-bribery conventions of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...

    www.equities.com

  • German DAX Companies Urge Merkel to Ratify UN Corruption Accord

    The letter urges Merkel to pressure lawmakers to accept stricter anti-bribery rules, which are currently limited to outlawing the purchase of votes on bills, as a pre-cursor to Germany signing the convention. To contact the reporter on this story ...

    www.bloomberg.com

  • German business CEOs join chorus calling for UNCAC ratification

    Less and less people in Germany understand why the ruling parties keep ignoring the need to implement the requirements of the UNCAC (UN-Convention against corruption), and therefore fail to ratify this globally most important convention.

    blog.transparency.org

  • Behind the "Pantalla": Common Corruption Risks in Mexico

    In October 2011, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention's Working Group issued a stern report on the country's reluctance to meet its treaty commitments, described by FCPAméricas in its post "The Mañana Syndrome?

    www.jdsupra.com

  • Corruption And The Arab Spring: Compliance Implications For International ...

    While the defense company did not admit that these benefits (including automobiles, real estate and personal items) constituted bribes, it did admit that they were not subjected to the type of anti-bribery due diligence and review that the company had ...

    www.mondaq.com

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