Welcome to the March 2014 edition of our corporate crime update – our round-up of developments in relation to corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions and related matters. Our update now covers a number of jurisdictions. For the full update on each jurisdiction, please click on the name of the jurisdiction below. Below we provide a brief overview of what is covered in each jurisdiction’s update.
- Deferred prosecution agreements become available and code of practice published
- Sentencing Council: Definitive Guideline on fraud, bribery and money laundering: corporate offenders
- Court of Appeal considers mental element of attempted money laundering offence
- JMLSG consultation on consumer credit guidance
- DPP announces plan to trace more criminal assets abroad
- HMT advisory notice: Money laundering and terrorist financing controls in overseas jurisdictions
- Man convicted of £1.3m 'ponzi scheme' fraud
- Freezing and Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Directive approved by Parliament
- Fourth Money laundering Directive: Progress Update
- European Commission unveils first EU Anti-Corruption Report
- ECB third report on card fraud
- Iran sanctions amended to reflect Geneva Agreement
- Sanctions measures for Ukraine
- BCBS guidelines on banks' AML and CTF risk management
- New TI UK report: how bribes work, and how to stop them
- FATF: money laundering and terrorist financing through the diamond trade
- Revised version of Wolfsberg Group's AML principles for correspondent banking
- Publication of the European Commission's (EC) first EU Anti-Corruption Report
- French Senate adopts a draft law transposing Directive 2012/13/EU on the right to information in criminal proceedings and elements of Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer
- The Commision nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) extends the scope of its standard authorisation for whistleblowing helplines
- Circular clarifying the powers of the Minister of Justice and the public prosecutor
- FC Barcelona charged in criminal proceedings connected to the signing of a Brazilian footballer
- UAE public official seeks restriction on the receipt of gifts and donations from the public
- Passport control officer accepts Dh 2.65m in bribes to falsify exit reports
- Commercial Court judge accused of aiding criminals
- Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung found guilty of money laundering
- Science officials in Guangdong under investigation – China
- Executives criticised at Three Gorges Corporation – China
- Myanmar's anti-corruption commission swearing-in ceremony does not go ahead – Myanmar
- Singapore jails anti-corruption official for misappropriation – Singapore
- Call for review of Australia’s private sector whistleblower laws
- Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Scheme
- Australian miners urged to get behind global transparency push
- Review of anti-money laundering laws announced
- Royal commission into union corruption
- ASIC releases whistleblower Information Sheet
- Australian Federal Police appears before Senate Committee
- ASIC appears before Senate Committee
- Crime figure hired Labor power-broker Graham Richardson to lobby developers
- Top prosecutor leaving the U.S. Department of Justice
- Former Siemens Executives get record fines under FCPA
- SEC Amicus Brief seeks to Protect internal whistleblowers
- No Fifth Amendment Protection for Required Foreign Bank Account Records
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