“He’s making a list, checking it twice. . .”
Even if you don’t believe in Santa, we at MCO think it is a great time of year to recognize fellow professionals for their outstanding contributions to the field of compliance and risk in 2017.
Yesterday, we looked at some of the biggest fines of the year, or 'The Naughty List'. Today we look at some of the more positive events of the year, 'The Nice List'.
2017 marked the first year of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement under the Trump administration. In the following post, we look back at significant FCPA-related announcements, trends and enforcement actions from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Showing the importance of an effective FCPA compliance program in 2017 and in the Trump era.
Earlier this week Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht was ordered to pay a record $2.6 billion in fines for violations of anti-corruption laws in Brazil, Switzerland and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
We delved into the official enforcement actions of the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) from the SEC for 2016 and have been keeping a score sheet of all the fines by month. Now we present to you 7 facts from this long list of fines.
