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Corruption in Mexico 2019: An Interview with Dr. Jose Ivan Rodriguez Sanchez
2.11.2019
By Bill Dahl, an investigative journalist who has published this series regarding public health and environmental hazards in Jalisco, Mexico. The interview was conducted as part of his research. In December 2018, Mexico elected a new President: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (aka AMLO). Lopez-Obrador has stated routinely he intends to eradicate corruption in Mexico. According to […]
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Guatemala Decides Not to Renew CICIG Mandate
11.08.2018
This guest post is from Jose Quiñones, Partner at Qil+4 Abogados in Guatemala. Concern has been raised by the Guatemalan compliance community regarding the decision by the Guatemalan President not to renew the UN International Commission Against Impunity (CiCiG) and the subsequent prohibition for the current commissioner to return to Guatemala (shortly after he left […]
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AMLO’s Election and the Future of Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System
7.30.2018
This is a guest post by Robert Clark, Manager of Legal Research, TRACE International, where he oversees a team of lawyers responsible for the production of analytical content. Mexico’s new president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has a wide range of tools to deploy in furtherance of his signature anti-corruption agenda. He has proposed enhancing governmental […]
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Colombia Ramps Up Enforcement of Transnational Bribery Law
7.12.2018
Recent announcements in Colombia indicate that the country is taking seriously its new transnational bribery law. Colombia’s Superintendent for Corporate Entities (“Supersociedades”), the local enforcement body for the new law, sanctioned its first company for a foreign bribery offense involving Ecuador, applying a penalty of about US$1.8 million. Local press reports that Supersociedades also fined […]
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Reflections on Week of Compliance in Brazil
6.06.2018
This guest post was written by Tom Fox, known as the Compliance Evangelist. It has been cross-posted from the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. I have finished up my week in Brazil and I wanted to end this week’s Brazil focused blog posts with some final thoughts and observations on the country’s burgeoning compliance scene. […]