Each year, the World Bank releases a list of firms and individuals deemed ineligible to be awarded a World Bank-financed contract due to the companies having been sanctioned under the Bank’s anti-fraud and corruption policy.
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Investigations & Compliance
Shift of criminal liability from boardroom to the factory floor
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On August 9, 2013, the Quebec Superior Court signalled a fundamental change, if not a revolution, in the law of corporate criminal responsibility with the judgment of R. c. Petroles Global inc(“Global Fuels”). The …
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Griffiths Energy comes clean with a voluntary disclosure about a foreign bribe
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On January 25, 2013, Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker accepted a joint submission by the Crown and the lawyer of Griffiths Energy International Inc., a private, Calgary-based oil and gas company, on…
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