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Entries in Italy (31)

Wednesday
Mar202013

Microsoft confirms DOJ, SEC investigations

Microsoft Corporation on Tuesday responded to a Wall Street Journal report that the DOJ and SEC are investigating a whistleblower complaint about alleged bribes by business partners to officials in Italy, Romania, and China. 

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Thursday
Feb282013

Global Contagion Report: Caccavo SLR

Country: Italy

Company Involved: Caccavo SLR

Industry: Industrials

Industry Subsector: Building Materials & Fixtures

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Wednesday
Feb202013

Let’s just be honest for a moment… 

After waiting a polite three months following the release of the Government’s FCPA Guidance, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a new letter renewing its call for additional FCPA guidance. 

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Monday
Feb182013

Doing Business in Italy? You Have Been Warned…

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Last week, I was discussing a report with fellow compliance practitioner Craig Bloom, that Giuseppe Orsi, President of one of Italy’s largest conglomerates, Finmeccanica, SpA, was arrested under allegations of bribery in Finmeccanica’s sale of twelve helicopters to the Indian Government in 2010.

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Friday
Feb152013

Orsi out at Finmeccanica

Photo courtesy of Finmeccanica USAThe chairman and CEO of Italian defense giant Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, has resigned following his arrest Tuesday for alleged illegal payments overseas.

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Tuesday
Feb122013

Finmeccanica chief arrested for India bribes

Giuseppe Orsi, chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)The head of Italian defense firm Finmeccanica SpA was arrested Tuesday by Italian police on allegations that he bribed Indian officials to win sales of helicopters.

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Tuesday
Feb052013

Police reveal global soccer match-fixing scheme 

At least 680 soccer games around the world were fixed between 2008 and 2011, about half by a syndicate allegedly operating from Singapore, an international police coalition said Monday.

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Friday
Jan252013

Cooperation and competition among enforcing countries

New scholarship from Elizabeth Spahn tackles the opportunities and risks behind the new trend of multi-national antibribery enforcement.

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Friday
Dec142012

Forget the apples. Now it's Louis Vuitton

Under the general topic of graft, school corruption is a well-recognized sub-genre.

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Tuesday
Nov272012

Wal-Mart in India is déjà vu for the FCPA 

The expansion of the Wal-Mart investigation into India proves that history is indeed circular. These developments seem to be the early 1970s all over again, and that can't be good for Wal-Mart.

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