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Corporate prosecutions: individual liability is essential

14 September 2015 in Financial Integrity, Private sector

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled new guidance to federal prosecutors about bringing criminal cases against individuals in instances of corporate wrongdoing.  The memo states that if a corporation wishes to resolve its own criminal charges and receive any credit for cooperation, it must provide the DOJ with all relevant facts relating […]

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Incentivizing integrity in banks is more than just paying some fines

21 August 2015 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, Financial Integrity, Private sector

Three German banks Commerzbank, HypoVereinsbank and the state-owned HSH-Bank have just settled with tax authorities in Nordrhein-Westfalen on illegal aid to tax evasion. The banks assisted clients in shifting their funds from Luxembourg to Panama to put the money out of reach of German tax authorities. While the settlements partially provide for 8-digit fines, they […]

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Deutsche Bank settlement: does the punishment fit the crime?

27 April 2015 in Accountability, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Financial Integrity, Financial Markets, Impunity, Private sector

Germany’s biggest bank, Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a record US$2.5 billion in fines to US and UK authorities after one of its subsidiaries pleaded guilty to wire fraud for its role in manipulating LIBOR. This is more than your everyday bank scandal: LIBOR has an impact on millions of people, if not billions […]

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Do settlements for corporate financial malfeasance work?

21 August 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, G20, Private sector

This week Standard Chartered Bank reached a second settlement with regulators in New York for failing to monitor suspicious financial transactions. It had also promised to tighten up its anti-money laundering processes when it admitted violating US banking rules on transactions with countries under sanction including Sudan and Iran. Perhaps it didn’t get the message. […]

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Georgia: local residents fall victim of illegal property seizures

3 July 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government, Private sector

In early 2011, Transparency International Georgia began to actively work towards the better protection of property rights. In May of this year, TI Georgia visited several west Georgian settlements (Anaklia, Grigoleti and Gonio) where they met with affected local populations. Gia Gvilava and Eka Bokuchava, both lawyers at the office, report from their visits and […]

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