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British penalties for China bribery may be on the way for GSK
China has yet to leverage any formal penalties on GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) for the $489 million bribery scandal that broke there last summer. But punishment may be on the way from GSK’s home base. On...
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Probe reveals hidden rule of business in Turkey: bribery
Bribery has become a critical rule of the game for many businesspeople carrying out large-scale projects in Turkey, as recently leaked telephone recordings have raised the specter of widespread...
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Yanukovych’s corrupt excesses, secret files and attacks on activists
When the Ukrainian people descended upon the palatial presidential palace Mezhihiyra in Kiev, they found reams of documents detailing the administration’s corruption; some had been burned. Some files...
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Dying to tell the story
A decade ago, when I started writing about money laundering, organised crime and corruption, my editor told me this was sometimes a dangerous job. Aside from a few scrapes with sub-editors and the...
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Corruption: Does my bung look big in this?
In March, the US Department of Justice has slapped a USD88m fine on Japanese firm Marubeni for their involvement in a seven-year campaign to bribe high ranking Indonesian members of parliament and...
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China: Zhou’s House of PEPs Infographic
Think that Frank Underwood from Netflix‘ House of Cards series and his network are ruthless in their relentless pursuit of power? Wait until you read about one of China’s politico-business families....
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Malaysia: New bribery rules bring collective liability for firms
Newly tabled provisions to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, would mean that companies can be held responsible if employees commit bribery. The new rules are similar to those...
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Isreal: former PM Olmert faces sentence this week
“The state had recommended a six-year sentence and NIS 1.3 million (some $370,000) in fines for the former prime minister.” Source: The Times of Israel In April 2014, a court in Tel Aviv found former...
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GSK scandal triggers debate on high drug prices in China
The bribery scandal involving British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline’s Chinese subsidiary GlaxoSmithKline (China) Investment (GKSCI) first came to light 11 months ago. GSK China’s office building...
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Thailand set to ramp up anti-graft laws
Thailand‘s anti-graft commission has proposed a raft of legal changes giving it the power to prosecute foreign officials and coordinate with foreign government’s on asset recovery. The National...
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