31 Oct 2017
Insight
Global
Welcome to the October 2017 edition of our corporate crime update - our round up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. Click read more for the full article of each jursidiction.
UNITED KINGDOM/EUROPE
- FCA investigations up by 75 per cent
- FCA warns against ICOs and bitcoin investors
- FinTech increases the risk of failure in bank compliance and AML
- Future Partnership Paper on Foreign policy, defence and development: including proposals for co-operation on sanctions, cyber security, and the defence and security industries
- Criminal Finances Act 2017 provisions come into force
- SFO speech on DPAs
- SFO secures seven convictions in F.H. Bertling Limited corruption case
- SFO charges ex-chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Afren
- ESAs finalise guidelines to prevent terrorist financing and money laundering in wire transfers
- EU public prosecutor for fraud to be established
- NCA:SARs annual report 2017
GERMANY
- DOJ orders divestitures in €350 million SDK and SGL merger
- EU fines Scania €880 million over emissions price-fixing cartel
- Deutsche Börse AG agrees to pay €10.5 million in fines
- Company seeks final approval of $21 million
- Germany opens ZITiS cyber surveillance agency
MIDDLE EAST
- UK seeks assistance from Dubai police to fight organised crime
- Trader on trial for possessing over $925,000 believed to be the proceeds of illegal practices
- Duo accused of stealing over $172,000 from local bank using forged documents
- Banker jailed for embezzling funds in Dubai
UNITED STATES
- Potential sanctions imposition pursuant to US Administration's new strategy on Iran
- US revokes Sudan sanctions
- OFAC fines US company for facilitating sales from Canada to Sudan
- SEC settles with Alere over FCPA and accounting fraud violations
- OFAC fines US company for shipping jewellery to SDN based in Hong Kong
- Telia and Uzbek subsidiary enter into a global settlement for corrupt payments in Uzbekistan
HONG KONG
- Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang in high-profile bribery retrial
- Independent Commission against Corruption launches ethical governance training
- Herbert Smith Freehills guide on dealing with dawn raids
CHINA, SOUTH EAST ASIA & INDIA
China
- China shuts down cryprocurrency exchanges and bans ICOs
- China to cooperate with IAP to locate corrupt fugitives overseas
- Executives sentenced to life imprisonment for $7 billion Ponzi scheme
- BRICS countries to strengthen anti-corruption cooperation
- China issues guidelines to curb money laundering, terrorism financing and tax evasion
Vietnam
- Prosecutors call for death penalty in Ocean Bank case
Indonesia
- New regulations issued to curb money laundering
- Second Indonesian judge sentenced for corruption
South Korea
- South Korea taking measures to regulate electronic currencies
Malaysia
- Four senior officials arrested for embezzling government funds
India
- India named most corrupt country in APAC region
JAPAN
- JA announces an official has embezzled around JPY94 million
- Businesses and academics weigh in on FSA discussions on auditor rotation regime
AUSTRALIA
- Three men jailed for foreign bribery offences
- Parliamentary Joint Committee proposes widespread reform to whistleblowing legislation
- Australia and China sign protocol to strengthen cooperation in police work and combating transnational crime
- Engineering company restricted from participation in World Bank projects
- Victorian public servant jailed for conspiracy to defraud and for secret commission offences
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