In this episode I podcast favorite James Koukios returns to discuss some of the highlights from the Morriston and Foerster newsletter on Top Ten International Anti-Corruption Developments for April 2018. Some of the highlights include:
- D&B Declination for FCPA violation-how did the company get such a great result?
- IMF “Steps Up” Engagement on Governance and Corruption. On April 22, 2018, the IMF announced that its Executive Board had endorsed a new framework for “stepping up” engagement on governance and corruption in its member countries. What does this mean for companies?
- Individual prosecutions continue related to PDVSA. What does this mean, together with the tightening sanctions against Venezuela for US companies still trying to do business in that country or stuck it out hoping for regime change.
- Aruban Official and Florida-based Telecom Executive Plead Guilty in Connection with Bribery Scheme. Use these guilty pleas to discuss the bookends of corruption; bribe payor and bribe receiver. How does the DOJ look at this problem and what tools are available to prosecutors?
- Areas of the globe in which companies currently doing business need to take a close look at their operations. I have suggested South African and Malaysia. Are there others the DOJ might be looking at?.
- As an added feature we move to a current event, the news of a Subpoena issued to Glencore by the Justice Department, in part related to a FCPA investigation. We consider what delivery of a Subpoena means from the DOJ and company perspective.