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The Tangible and Intangible Drivers of FCPA Risk in Venezuela Today
11.28.2014
Hugo Chavez came to power in Venezuela in 1999, riding a wave of dissatisfaction with the corrupt oligarchic elite that had governed the country for years. Despite his promise, corruption in Venezuela is still rampant, and might have gotten worse. Chavez’s successor, President Nicolas Maduro, just last week approved a set of strengthened anti-corruption laws […]
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Views from FCPA Enforcement’s Latin American Specialists
11.26.2014
More than any other FCPA enforcement office in the United States, Miami’s DOJ and SEC teams have developed a specialization in Latin America. They work cases like Alcatel, Stryker, Ralph Lauren, and Direct Access Partners, each with an important Latin American component. They benefit from language capabilities in Spanish, Portuguese, and French, allowing them to […]
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Brazil’s New Anti-Money Laundering Law, Two Years Later
8.21.2014
The following guest post is from Davi Tangerino and Filipe Batich. They are, respectively, partner and associate in the Corporate Criminal Law group of Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados in São Paulo, Brazil. Brazil’s anti-money laundering (AML) legislation was amended in July 2012, incorporating significant changes from the former law (see an earlier post about […]
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Fraud at Oceanografía: Implications for FCPA and AML Risks in Mexico
4.11.2014
Concerns about corruption risks in Mexico’s oil and gas sector were underscored on February 28, when the Mexican government seized control of Oceanografía, a Mexican engineering and oil platform services company. The events leading up to this seizure, which include fraud, corruption and money laundering concerns, are particularly relevant given Mexico’s recent efforts to facilitate […]
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Mexico’s New Anti-Money Laundering Law
1.14.2014
The author of this post, Mónica Ramírez Chimal, is founder and partner of her own consulting firm, ASSERTO RSC in Mexico City. She is also author of the book: Don´t let them wash, Nor dry! A guide that helps companies protect themselves from money laundering risk. She has been a speaker in several forums and […]