Compliance Communications Blog

 

"700 Miami Businesses Under Added FinCen Orders"

 

4/29/15: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen), part of the US Treasury, has imposed more stringent requirements on some 700 Miami-area electronics exporters located in Miami, Florida. The action was taken, according to FinCen, to “… shed light on cash transactions that may be tied to...

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"A Source of Costly Non-Compliance"

 

4/29/15: An article posted on the CEB blog by Will Poats aims an important spotlight on middle managers and costly decisions in areas including corruption, global fraud, anti-trust and data privacy compliance failures. According to Poats post, CEB research of US federal settlements show an average cost...

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"Culture and Compliance - From the Trenches"

 

4/29/15: “Corporate culture” is one of those terms that triggers rolling eyes, deep sighs and attempts to hold in impolite groans. Still, every now and then the culture conversation comes from stick in the day-to-day trenches of engaging employees and promoting both ethical behavior and regulatory compliance. A post...

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"Who Gets All the Recovered Money?"

4/29/15: The US Department of Justice recently announced that its Asset Forfeiture Program has returned more than $4 billion in civilly and criminally forfeited funds to crime victims since fiscal year 2002. Some $723 million has been paid to over 150,000 crime victims in the last three years alone. Now, $4 billion is...

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"Where are Investigations Underway?"

 

4/14/15: Once again, the FCPA Blog provides two unvarnished snapshots about the state of anti-corruption investigations around the world. On April 8, Richard Cassin listed the names of countries disclosed in 108 pending investigations, giving a sharp-edged look at where the most investigative action is...

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