The attached report looks at the anti-bribery and corruption legislation of Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan and reveals significant differences in  law and approaches Only Russia, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan also punish companies for the bribery of public officials as well as commercial bribery. In Kazakhstan, companies are punished only for the bribery of […]

ABC law demand that companies take adequate steps to prevent corruption. To realise this, they must take a proactive approach to establish that corruption, in all its various guises, will not be tolerated. Regular anti-bribery and corruption training and a clear, well-publicised policy against which corporate entertainment can be assessed on a case-by-case basis are […]

KENYAN director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji is set to make a trip to the Island of Jersey over the fraud and money laundering case against ex-Nambale MP Chris Okemo and former Kenya Power and Lighting Company Chief Executive Samuel Gichuru. The two are accused of abusing their offices by using proxy companies to squander […]

The DOJ unsealed charges Thursday against an Uzbek telecom exec and the daughter of the former Uzbek president for their roles in an $866 million bribery and money laundering scheme. The indictment makes for interesting reading:  https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1141641/download  

  The first contested “failure to prevent” case, in which a company sought to rely on having adequate procedures in place, concluded with Skansen Interiors, a British refurbishment company, being found guilty.   Skansen Interiors Limited, now a dormant office interiors contractor, self-reported to the UK National Crime Agency that its former managing director had […]

In 2014, Brazil enacted the Clean Company Act to counter widespread corruption in both the private and public sectors. Under this law, companies can be held responsible for corrupt practices of employees and liable without finding fault. Companies can no longer make the excuse that a “few bad actors” were solely responsible for corrupt acts. […]

On 13 July 2016, the SFO also charged logistics and freight operations company F.H. Bertling Limited and seven individuals with one count of making corrupt payments, an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. The SFO alleges that the individuals and the company conspired together and with others to bribe an agent of the […]

The Bribery Act 2010 (the “Act”) came into force on 1 July 2011. Whilst the Act is UK legislation which is not directly applicable to Jersey/Guernsey, its far reaching provisions mean that it does impact on Jersey/Guernsey based companies and individuals with connections to the UK. It is therefore important that Jersey/Guernsey based companies and […]