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Entries in Kazakhstan (43)

Friday
Apr262013

Mining sector investigations spread to U.K.

The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said Thursday it has launched a criminal investigation of London-listed mining company ENRC plc.

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Thursday
Feb212013

Nabors wins declination

Oil services firm Nabors Industries Ltd. said Wednesday the DOJ won't bring an FCPA enforcement action after an investigation first launched more than five years ago.

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Tuesday
Nov062012

SEC declination for Nabors

Oil services firm Nabors Industries Ltd. was a customer of Panalpina but not among the six that settled FCPA cases on the same historic day in November 2010.

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Friday
Nov022012

LyondellBasell investigates Kazakhstan payment

LyondellBasell Industries NV, the Netherlands-based petrochemical maker, made this disclosure in its Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 26:

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Tuesday
Aug072012

Pfizer, Wyeth Pay $60 Million In Settlement

The SEC said Pfizer's employees and agents paid bribes in Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Serbia. Improper payments went to foreign officials 'to obtain regulatory and formulary approvals, sales, and increased prescriptions for the company’s pharmaceutical products.'

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Thursday
May102012

To Mexico, from Nigeria, via Kazakhstan: On the Trail of a Great Idea (Final Installment)

Andy Spalding suggests that if the Wal-mart investigation results in significant civil or criminal fines or disgorged profits, some portion of those monies be used to benefit the people of Mexico.

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Friday
May042012

To Mexico, from Nigeria, via Kazakhstan: On the Trail of a Great Idea (Part 2)

Last post, I discussed the proposal from Nigeria’s Social-Economic Rights and Accountability Project to establish a mechanism for using the proceeds of FCPA settlements to help bribery victims.

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Thursday
May032012

To Mexico, from Nigeria, via Kazakhstan: On the Trail of a Great Idea (Part 1)

Yesterday, Benjamin Kessler wrote a stirring defense of what he called “one of the most altruistic FCPA amendments yet proposed:” adopting a system to share the proceeds of FCPA settlements with the victims of bribery.

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Friday
Dec102010

The Nobel Prize For Graft

The list of countries supporting China and boycotting the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo is a veritable hit list of corruption.

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Monday
Nov292010

Doing Better For The World

Professor Andy Spalding: The Giffen prosecution shows why FCPA enforcement is a foreign policy debacle.

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