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US steel traders sentenced in KleptoCapture case

The pair worked through an Orlando-based company to secure over $150 million in transactions with a sanctioned oligarch and hid the transfers from US authorities

BNP Paribas fails to end Sudanese genocide lawsuit

A US district judge in Manhattan said “too many facts” show a relationship between the French lender’s financing of Sudan and genocidal acts committed by its former military dictatorship.

TD Bank “addressing” AML compliance programme failings

The chief executive officer of Toronto-based TD Bank reportedly told shareholders at an annual meeting that the bank is “working diligently” to strengthen its anti-money laundering programme.

Disclosure software issue haunts SFO cases past and present

Internal SFO documents reveal more details about a long-standing software programming issue that has hampered the agency’s efforts to locate exculpatory material. Experts said it could have implications for every case where …

SFO announces new five-year plan

The Serious Fraud Office has announced a new strategy for the next five years, outlining plans to become a more effective agency, as well as a more attractive workplace.

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Inside the SFO’s international assistance team

Louise van der Straeten secured a coveted spot on the UK government’s most recent New Year’s honours list. GIR sat down with the lawyer to learn about her work as head of the Serious Fraud Office’s international assistance team.

Multiple agencies, long delays: a look into India’s 11-year AgustaWestland bribery investigation

A British consultant’s ordeal in India tells a tale of how two of the country’s “premium” enforcement agencies, are acting separately – and allegedly in contradiction of each other – in a decade-old corruption investigation that continues to this day.

Autonomy founder’s trial to begin

As the fraud trial of Autonomy founder Michael Lynch – once referred to as “Britain’s Bill Gates” – is set to start in San Francisco, GIR looks at the line-up of the main characters and some of the major twists and turns in the decade-long investigation.

Wayne Barnes: the retired top rugby referee tackling sports investigations

For the best part of two decades, Waynes Barnes spent his weekends rubbing shoulders with elite athletes. Now he’s taking what he learned as one of Rugby Union’s most experienced referees to build out a sports investigations practice.

Just Anti-Corruption

New DOJ initiative offers immunity for tips on corporate crime

The US Department of Justice has unveiled a new initiative that grants criminal immunity to certain people who volunteer information about corporate crimes they participated in.

DOJ declines to prosecute auto parts manufacturer

Proterial Cable America will disgorge around $15.1 million for misrepresenting the safety of motorcycle brake components to its customers as part of a declination it obtained, in part, by disclosing the misconduct to the Fraud Section “within weeks” of discovering it.

Just Sanctions

Euronav faces legal headaches after inadvertent storage of Iranian oil

The shipping company said one of its tankers unwittingly carried Iranian oil in breach of US sanctions, resulting in a forfeiture action in DC, a $46 million court battle in Malaysia and arbitration proceedings in London.