The North America section of the Digest discusses a number of recent FCPA charges and pleas. It includes:

  • The nephew of the former U.N. secretary pleads guilty to FCPA charges;
  • Former owner of a nuclear transport company charged with FCPA violations; and
  • Petrobras settles class action over the company’s corruption scandal.

In the Europe section of the Digest you’ll find discussion regarding:

  • The U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office’s corruption probe into Chemring.; and
  • Allegations that the Czech Prime Minister abused a European Union subsidy program a decade ago.

The Digest also looks at recent developments in Latin America. These stories include:

  • Peru’s raids on a number of construction companies over allegations they have been involved in the Odebrecht scandal;
  • Brazil’s former President Lula da Silva loses the appeal of his corruption conviction; and
  • The ex-Guatemalan defense minister arrested in a corruption probe.
This issue of the Digest includes, in addition, articles relating to events in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa and new articles of note.

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