Reported by: JOSHUA GOODMAN For years, as the U.S. has ramped up pressure on Venezuela’s socialist government, dozens of allegedly corrupt insiders have raced through the U.S. criminal justice system, cutting plea bargains to avoid lengthy prison sentences and sparing prosecutors the work of having to prove their cases in court. But not Claudia Díaz. […]
Reported by: Sam Tobin The former chief executive of an Austrian bank who faces charges in the United States in relation to a bribery and money laundering conspiracy involving Brazilian construction company Odebrecht asked a London court on Wednesday to refuse to extradite him. Peter Weinzierl – former chief executive of Meinl Bank, later renamed […]
Reported by: Gibson Dunn U.S. anti-corruption enforcement has continued apace through the first eight months of 2022. Although some will point to declining numbers of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) enforcement actions in 2022 to date, particularly against corporations, as compared to the heights of recent years. This update from Gibson Dunn provides an overview […]
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