Brazil: Outgoing
mayor of Rio de Janeiro arrested on suspicion of corruption
China: China’s
anti-corruption fight is asserting itself through an increasingly severe
punishment regime
Colombia: Brazilian group
Odebrecht fined EUR 40 million in corruption case in Colombia
South Korea: The Seoul Public Prosecutor’s
Office demands a nine-year prison sentence against the heir of Samsung for acts
of corruption
United States: Commodity futures
trading commission uses Dodd-Frank rule to target foreign corruption
United States: U.S.
Congress adopts a law requiring owners of shell companies to disclose their
identity
United States: The United States blocks palm oil imports from a
Malaysian company due to forced labor allegations
France: The President of the European
Metropolis of Lille soon to be tried for “concealment of breach of
trust“
France: Changes
in the application of the law on corporate duty of vigilance and the
consideration of the fight for climate change by corporations
France: French
armies adopt a “code for the prevention of breaches of probity“
France: Enactment
of the law on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, environmental justice
and specialized criminal justice
Russia: Auchan
uses lie detectors to fight corruption
Switzerland: Petrobras
receives USD 45 million (EUR 36 million) in leniency agreement between Vitol
and Swiss federal prosecutors
European Union: Entry
into force of the Conflict Minerals Regulation
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