Paris court sentences two former Technip execs for Nigeria bribes

Two former executives of French engineering and construction giant Technip S.A. were handed light fines by a Paris court Wednesday for their role in the multi-million dollar bribery scheme to win contracts for development of the Bonny Island gas facility.

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Corruption by the barrel: oil and graft

The top 20 oil producing nations have an average rank on the corruption perceptions index of 90 -- just into the bottom half.

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Four charged in U.K. for Nigeria bribes

The U.K. Serious Fraud Office said Monday that three men and a woman were charged in Westminster Magistrates' Court with two counts of conspiracy to corrupt. 

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SEC case against Noble execs survives motion to dismiss

The SEC got the green light this week from a federal judge to charge two former Noble executives with FCPA-related offenses they committed after February 2007.

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Saipem CEO out in corruption probe

Italian oil and gas drilling contractor Saipem SpA confirmed that it is under investigation for corruption by Italian authorities for alleged payments in Algeria.

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From Nigeria, a note from the Whistleblowers Forum

Dear Readers of the FCPA Blog,

We at the Nigerian Whistle-Blowers Forum (on Facebook) are truly excited about the FCPA's emergence, and staunch posture against global corruption.

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Will corruption kill Nigeria?

'Corruption did not begin with President Goodluck Jonathan's government. But, at the current rate, corruption would kill Nigeria on his watch. . . . .'

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Tesler goes on trial in Paris

Here's a note from a correspondent in France:

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'Carbon copy prosecutions' change the rules of the game

A recent University of Chicago Legal Forum article looks deep into an important new enforcement trend -- duplicative enforcement actions in multiple countries.

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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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