International anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International, yesterday released its latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), reviewing public sector corruption risk in 168 countries. http://www.transparency.org/ Herbert Smith’s 2015 report highlights the same offending countries and points to similar issues, particularly systemic government corruption, failed electoral mandates and public revolts against alleged grand-scale corruption. http://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/insights/guides/global-anti-corruption-guide-2015?wtr=module-global-anti-corruption-guide The latest CPI scores […]

Herbert Smith Freehills’ have launched the first global edition of our Anti-corruption Report, touching on investigations, reforms and perceptions in close to 100 countries. The report also summarises the key long-arm statutes, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act, and how they have been deployed in the past year against companies […]