United States: Biden administration officials announce overhaul of U.S. sanctions policy
Lebanon: European Union ready to adopt a sanctions regime targeting Lebanese leaders
European Union: EU Court dismisses claim for sanctions damages
European Union: The EU Parliament adopted three resolutions calling for sanctions against Hong-Kong, Saudi Arabia and Iran
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France: Evaluation mission of the Sapin 2 law
France: Information report on the evaluation of the fight against financial crime
France: PNF seizes investigating judge to probe Rafale sale to India
France: Opening of an investigation by the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office against four major textile companies for involvement in crimes against humanity linked to forced labor of Uighurs
France: Publication of the third edition of the observatory on the French law on duty of care
France: AFA launches its second survey on the prevention of corruption in the local public sector
United Kingdom: Accusations of favoritism on public contracts signed during the pandemic
Switzerland: Conviction of the son of the former Libyan Prime Minister for passive corruption of public officials
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United States: UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo
United States: Biden ends sanctions on ICC officials
United States: Publication of a list of 55 alleged corrupt individuals in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador banned from entry on the US territory
European Union: European Parliament calls for inclusion of corruption as a crime subject to restrictive measures
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South Africa: Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court
Brazil: Two additional procedures targeting Lula cancelled by the Supreme Court
United States: Amec Foster Wheeler Energy reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the DoJ
Switzerland: Swiss prosecutors to investigate Gunvor’s links to Ecuador oil trading
World: World Bank announces three company debarments
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Belarus: New economic sanctions by the EU leading to retaliatory measures by the Belarusian government
United States: Sanctions against five companies involved in forced labor in China
United States: US authorities seize 36 websites linked to sanctioned organizations
Russia: The US Bard College added on the list of undesirable entities in Russia
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United States: A former Goldman Sachs banker reaches a settlement with the SEC as part of a bribery case in Ghana
Europe: Several NGOs publish a report on lobbyism against the European law on duty of care
France: The High Authority for the transparency of public life releases an assessment of the declarations of activities of lobbyists for the year 2020
Italy: Acquittal of two alleged intermediaries in an international corruption case involving Eni and Shell
Norway: The Parliament adopts the law on transparency
United Kingdom: The SFO issues GBP 402,465 confiscation order against former Unaoil executive
United Kingdom: Proposal to amend the law against modern slavery
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Belarus: New sanctions imposed by the European Union, United Kingdom, USA and Canada
China: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms sanctions over a Belgian politician for Uyghur genocide resolution
United States: A Guatemalan congressman sanctioned as part of corrupt practices
France: Four executives indicted for complicity in torture
European Union: European Parliament calls for the inclusion of corruption as a punishable offence under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR)
European Union: U.S. and EU to strengthen cooperation on sanctions
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Germany: Bundestag passes law requiring corporate due diligence in supply chain
Saudi Arabia: Wave of arrests of public officials for corruption
World Bank: World Bank debars Chinese company Zhejiang First Hydro for bribery
United States: Supreme Court reverses lawsuit against Cargill and Nestlé in slavery case
United States: FirstEnergy shareholders allowed access to documents related to bribery lawsuit against the company
France: Alcatel-Lucent definitively sentenced for corruption in Costa Rica
France: Publication of the results of the public consultation on the transposition of the Directive on Whistleblowers
France: Volkswagen, Renault, Peugeot and Citroën indicted for deception in the dieselgate case
Myanmar: Investor group calls on companies operating in Myanmar to take action on human rights violations
European Union: Publication of a new Transparency International survey on EU citizens’ perception of corruption
European Union: Entry into force of the 6th EU Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Directive
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China: Adoption of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law
United States: Government revokes prohibitions related to Tik Tok and WeChat
European Union: Publication of a Commission opinion on transactions with sanctioned entities
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Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi charged with corruption
United States: SEC will not recommend enforcement action against Avianca
United States: Publication of a National Security Memorandum on establishing the fight against corruption as a core United States national security interest
France: The investigation into corruption against Veolia closed
France: The French State Procurement Department publishes a thematic guide on the respect of human rights in supply chains
France: The High Authority for Transparency in Public Life publishes its 2020 activity report
France: The qualification of complicity in crimes against humanity by Lafarge before the Court of Cassation
France: Suez summoned on the basis of the law on the duty of care
India: Stock exchange authority imposes new ESG disclosure criteria for major companies
Sweden: Former Swedish top Bombardier employee charged for corruption
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