Richard L. Cassin Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman Senior Editor
Harry Cassin Managing Editor
Elizabeth K. Spahn Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn Contributing Editor
Bill Waite Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson Contributing Editor
Bill Steinman Contributing Editor
Aarti Maharaj Contributing Editor
Elnur Musayev | Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 8:02AM 
The accounting industry is bracing for its new role as accountants are increasingly seen as an important part of the anti-corruption efforts in the private sector of Azerbaijan.
Richard L. Cassin | Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 9:08AM 
A London court unsealed an unexplained wealth order Wednesday that names the woman who spent £16 million ($21 million) at Harrods department store buying Cartier jewelry, wine, and other luxury goods.
Azerbaijan, Unexplained Wealth Orders |
Harry Cassin | Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 8:48AM 
United Technologies Corporation agreed Wednesday to pay the SEC $13.9 million to settle FCPA offenses related to its Otis Elevator and Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine businesses in China, Azerbaijan, and six other countries.
Azerbaijan, China, Otis Elevator, Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies |
Harry Cassin | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 12:28PM 
United Technologies Corporation agreed Wednesday to pay the SEC $13.9 million to resolve charges that it violated the FCPA by making illicit payments in its elevator and aircraft engine businesses.
Air China, Azerbaijan, China, Indonesia, Kuwait, Otis Elevator, Pakistan, Pratt & Whitney, South Korea, Thailand, United Technologies |
Katya Lysova | Friday, August 17, 2018 at 7:28AM 
Armenia doesn't top many investors’ lists. The former Soviet republic is in an ongoing military conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan, has two closed trade borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan (borders with Iran and Georgia are open), and pervasive corruption prevents Armenia’s three million citizens from prospering.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, CIPE, Iran, Samvel Aleksanyan, Turkey |
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:08AM 
A Russian employee of Bombardier accused of aggravated bribery was acquitted Wednesday when the District Court in Stockholm ruled the charges couldn't be proved.
Azerbaijan, Bombardier, Multiserve Overseas, Sweden |
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, August 21, 2017 at 9:22AM 
A Russian employee in the Swedish unit of Bombardier has been formally charged with bribing a government official in Azerbaijan to win a $340 million contract for a new train signaling system.
Azerbaijan, Bombardier, Sweden |
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 8:28AM 
Authorities in Sweden arrested an executive and questioned several others from international engineering and manufacturing firm Bombardier as part of an investigation into corruption in Azerbaijan.
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 3:22PM 
Rolls-Royce plc agreed to pay the United States a criminal penalty of $170 million under a deferred prosecution agreement after being charged with a long-running global conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Andrew Weissmann, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Rolls Royce, Thailand |
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 10:08AM 
Azerbaijani President Ilham AliyevThe president of oil-rich Azerbaijan and his two daughters own foreign luxury flats and homes -- three of them in London -- together worth $140 million.
Richard L. Cassin | Friday, July 31, 2015 at 10:08AM 
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova is in prison in Baku after she published a series of reports about corruption in the Azerbaijan regime.
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:01AM 
Two former executive directors of Austria's state-owned banknote printer pleaded guilty during a criminal trial in Vienna for a conspiracy to win business by bribing officials in Syria and Azerbaijan.