China: Control of encryption equipment & software under the Export Control Law
United States:BIS renews Mahan Airways temporary denial of export privileges
United States:Department of Defense to blacklist four Chinese companies
European Union:The Council of the European Union adopts a global human rights sanctions regime
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United States: Foreign bribery enforcement breaks new record
United States: New money laundering whistleblower program in the U.S. Defense Bill
France: The “Asap” law risks increasing corruption according to Transparency International
France: The Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the jurisdiction of the Commercial Court to hear breaches of the law on the duty of care
France:Tracfin publishes its trend book and risk analysis for 2019/2020
Mexico: NGO committed to anti-corruption targeted by corruption investigation
World:Transparency International issues a statement on International Anti-Corruption Day
World: The World Bank temporarily excludes a company from its program for misrepresentation
Netherlands: Dutch public prosecutor’s office is investigating the managing director of UBS for money laundering when he was head of ING
Switzerland: The trial for corruption of Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz will be held in January 2021
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Australia: The Australian Government creates an online register for modern slavery statements
Brazil: Brazilian prosecutors sue Trafigura over illegal fuel sales to Petrobras
United States: Launch of a corruption investigation targeting presidential pardon
United States: Nestlé and Cargill argue before the Supreme Court in a case of complicity in forced child labor in Côte d’Ivoire
United States: The Swiss group Vitol Inc. pays a USD 135 million fine to the DOJ to close a corruption investigation
Greece: GRECO report highlights Greek anti-corruption law failures
Netherlands: Seven NGOs and more than 17,000 citizens in court to force the oil company Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions
Switzerland: The initiative on “responsible multinationals” fails
Switzerland: SBM Offshore faces swiss probe over legacy bribery allegations
European Union: EU Council approves conclusions on human rights and decent work in supply chains
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United States: Federal Communication Commission denies ZTE’s petition to reconsider its designation
Iran: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses the perspective of new negotiations with Western countries
Norway: Norway’s DNV GL suspends Nord Stream 2 work over U.S. sanctions fear
United Kingdom: Over GBP 700,000 collected between March and September for violations of export control regulations
Turkey: European Union pushing for new sanctions against Turkey
European Union: EU publishes a study on extraterritorial sanctions
European Union: Consultation on draft EU compliance guidance for research involving dual-use items
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Asia: Transparency International publishes its Global Corruption Barometer
Brazil: U.S. Department of Justice to end oversight of Odebrecht
United States: Apple executive implicated in a corruption attempt
France: New tools to accelerate the fight against deforestation
France: 167 companies and associations would not have declared their lobbying activities in 2019
France: The corruption investigation targeting the sale of Nigerian uranium by Areva entrusted to an investigating judge
France: An employee cannot benefit from the status of whistleblower prior to the Sapin 2 law without criminal fault committed by the employer
France: The Supreme Court of Appeals reverses its case law on the transfer of criminal liability in the frame of a merger and acquisition
World: TRACE International publishes its 2020 Bribery Risk Matrix
World: Human Rights Watch releases a report on the impact of jewellery companies’ sourcing on human rights and the environment
United Kingdom: The Financial Services Compensation Scheme and the Serious Fraud Office sign a Memorandum of Understanding against scams
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United Arab Emirates: The government authorizes the import of Israeli products
United States: Former Raytheon engineer sentenced for exporting sensitive military related technology to China
United States: BIS issues final rule to implement the Export Control Reform Act of 2018
United States: Publication by the Atlantic Council of a report on Trump administration sanctions
United Kingdom: The United Kingdom tax authorities open less than five export control investigations per year
United Kingdom: Publication of a Guidance on the post-Brexit legislation aiming to protect against the effects of extraterritoriality of certain U.S. laws
Russia: Travel ban introduced against 25 UK citizens in retaliation of UK sanctions dated July 2020
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Denmark: Danish companies and a Danish director accused of violating EU sanctions against Syria
United States: Executive order prohibits investment in Chinese military-related companies
United States:Washington removes from its list of terrorist organizations East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
France: Information report on export controls
United Kingdom: The U.K. Charity Commission issued advice on compliance with financial sanctions
Russia: Foreign Minister announces the imposition of retaliatory sanctions on French and German senior officials
European Union: Political agreement on a revised regulation for the control of dual use items
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Australia: Man arrested on suspicions of USD 78 million in corruption in Iraq
Austria: Government lost its appeal against Airbus as part of the Eurofighter case
United States:The Securities and Exchange Commission has awarded record awards to whistleblowers in 2020
United States:The OECD Working Group commends the anti-bribery enforcement of the United States
Europe: Investors urge major companies to include climate risk in financial statements
France:The Club des juristes publishes its report in favor of a European model of compliance
World: The World Benchmarking Alliance launches its fourth edition of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark
World: The 9th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights held online
OECD:New Survey on responsible business conduct and anticorruption compliance in Southeast Asia
United Kingdom: A NGO requests the exclusion of the audit firm EY from tendering procedures
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United States: U.S. Armenian organization lobbies against manufacturers of U.S. parts found in Turkish drones used by Azerbaijan
United States: Department of Justice seized 27 domains names owned by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
United Kingdom: European Commission proposes to add the U.K. on the list of countries authorized under authorization EU001
European Union: Renewal of the sanctions regime targeting Turkey’s drilling activities in Eastern Mediterranean Sea
European Union: The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee publishes a report on the future of the Vienna Agreement on Iran’s nuclear program
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United States: Swiss bank Julius Bear agrees to pay USD 79.7 million to settle an investigation on allegations of bribery and money laundering
United States: U.S. authorities are investigating Pfizer’s activities in China
France: Mazars publishes its 2020 CSR Barometer on extra-financial reporting practices and trends in France
Japan: Kirin suspends dividend payment to local partner in Myanmar linked to military
Peru: President dismissed by deputies on corruption charges
United Kingdom: A whistleblower arrested in Croatia awaits the support of the British government
United Kingdom: SFO obtains GBP 1.2 million following investigation into London property linked to the Petrobras case
Switzerland: Bribe deduction from taxes prohibited from 2022
Vatican: The Vatican State Secretariat involved in a financial scandal
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