Introduction Bribery has been in the spotlight again in recent weeks with two large UK bribery investigations nearing a close. Glencore The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into Glencore started in June 2019 with the SFO investigating deals in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan. According to the SFO, Glencore’s agents Read more »
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Where Will The New Compliance Risks In Data Privacy And Bribery Live After Covid?
On 26 May Jonathan Armstrong will be joining a panel hosted by LRN in a webinar to discuss compliance risks as we adapt to a changed world. Registration is free and details of the event are below: Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET (5pm-6pm UK time) Event Summary: As organizations emerge Read more »
Client Alert: Airbus subsidiary GPT ordered to pay over £30m over Saudi bribery
Introduction On Wednesday the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed that an Airbus subsidiary, GPT, had pleaded guilty to corruption between December 2008 and July 2010 in relation to contracts awarded to GPT for work carried out for the Saudi Arabian National Guard. The court ordered GPT to pay a confiscation order of £20.6m, a Read more »
Client Alert: Brexit and Bribery and Corruption
We first produced this note in 2016 but we have updated it with more recent developments including recent statements from the UK Serious Fraud Office. Introduction Now that Brexit has happened we’re updating our earlier guidance on the effects of Brexit on UK bribery law. Will the law change? The heart of the UK’s anti-bribery Read more »
Client Alert: Ex-SBM Offshore Executive convicted in UK SFO Bribery Case
Introduction Yesterday a former SBM Offshore executive was found guilty of bribing an Iraqi government official to secure lucrative oil contracts, in a trial led by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO). This is the latest conviction in the SFO’s investigation into Unaoil and we wrote about that case here https://www.corderycompliance.com/sfo-secures-oil-execs-conviction/. It was something of Read more »
SCCE Webinar – How will Brexit affect compliance? Data protection, anti-bribery & corruption, modern slavery and more
Jonathan Armstrong and André Bywater will be presenting at the SCCE webinar on 7 December 2020. Details of the webinar are: Time: 12:00 PM Central | 1:00 PM Eastern | 11:00 AM Mountain | 10:00 AM Pacific | 9:00 AM Alaska | 8:00 AM Hawaii-Aleutian Duration: 90 Minutes Target Audience: U.S. companies with operations or Read more »
Cordery Head to Head: Richard Bistrong on the Airbus Bribery Settlement
In this film Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong chats with Richard Bistrong of Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC about the Airbus bribery settlement. Richard gives his unique perspective on the case as a former bribe payer and as someone who has co-operated with law enforcement in bribery investigations. You can see Jonathan’s summary of the case here http://bit.ly/airbusfilm and Read more »
The Airbus bribery settlement in numbers
In this film Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong discusses some of the numbers involved in Airbus’ bribery settlement with prosecutors in France, the UK & the US. There are more details of the settlement here https://www.corderycompliance.com/airbus-fined-for-bribery-in-france-uk-us/ Jonathan has also been interviewed by compliance expert Tom Fox on the case. You can listen to that interview here http://bit.ly/3cekX4E Read more »
Client Alert: Airbus agrees to pay more than £3bn to resolve bribery charges in France, UK and US
Last week the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) agreed a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Airbus. This is part of a consolidated settlement by Airbus with the authorities in France, the UK and the US. Airbus will pay a €991m fine in the UK (£840m) which makes it the largest bribery fine in UK history Read more »
Client Alert: UK Court orders Alstom to pay £15 million in bribery case
Introduction Following a prosecution brought by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (the “SFO”), this month a UK court ordered Alstom’s UK entity to pay UK £15 million (USD $19 million) and UK £1.4 million (USD $1.8 million) in costs after being convicted for making corrupt payments to secure an infrastructure contract in Tunisia between 2000 Read more »
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