Government Contracts

JULY 2, 2024

Supreme Court held that a bribery law does not criminalize gratuities, continuing a trend of narrowing federal anti-corruption laws and scrutinizing public corruption prosecutions that go beyond obvious quid pro quo schemes, say Carrie Cohen and Christine Wong at MoFo. In its Snyder v. decision last week, the U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 5, 2024

On May 7, the Malaysian government launched its 2024-2028 National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS), a continuation of its 2019 National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) that ended in 2023. billion per year and, using figures from the World Bank, make the average cost of corruption around 3% of annual GDP.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Public procurement stands out as the most vulnerable sector to corruption in Indonesia. The collaboration revolves around the corruption risk monitoring platform, Opentender.net , developed by ICW and the national public procurement agency LKPP.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Treasury Department and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to craft regulations for the recently established Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Program that are consistent with the United States’ global anti-corruption agenda. s anti-corruption agenda.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 12, 2024

I recently provided comments for an article in the Anti-Corruption Report examining recent Department of Justice (DOJ) settlements under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In two of the settlements, U.K.-based

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Supreme Court narrowed the domestic corruption statutes in three decisions over the past year and a half, it’s worth evaluating whether these rulings may have an impact on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, and if attorneys can use the court’s reasoning in international bribery cases, says James Koukios at MoFo. After the U.S.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 17, 2025

Supreme Court will likely continue to rein in expansive prosecutorial theories of fraud in the year to come, but its harder to predict what the new administration will mean for public corruption prosecutions in 2025, says Cathy Fleming at Offit Kurman.

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Government Contracts

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A California federal judge showed leniency Tuesday toward a cooperating government witness in the corruption probe of Los Angeles City Hall and sentenced the former real estate consultant to 12 months of home confinement on a racketeering charge, saying a joint recommendation of the more restrictive home detention is too harsh.

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GovCon & Trade

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Two recent opinions released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) serve as a reminder that even under the strictly enforced Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), payments to government officials are permissible in certain situations. In addition, the agency asserted that it had no non-routine business in front of the foreign officials.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Throughout the pandemic, significant amounts of public funds were disbursed without seeking parliamentary approval, and the procurement process itself became tainted by multiple instances of corruption and cronyism. It would signify a major leap forward in Malaysia’s battle against corruption and mismanagement of public funds.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 31, 2025

A New York federal judge hit a former New York City public housing superintendent with a four-year prison term Friday, after he admitted taking $329,000 in bribes the largest amount accepted among 70 city workers caught up in a large-scale anti-corruption takedown.

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Whistleblower Network News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

whistleblower attorney is in Geneva, Switzerland to address the United Nations Human Rights Council , highlighting the essential role of whistleblowers in defending human rights and fighting corruption worldwide and stressing the importance of stronger legal frameworks. On September 11, Stephen M.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 26, 2024

The fight against corruption takes center stage in Paris this month. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is hosting a Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum March 27-28, 2024. whistleblower laws to support international anti-corruption efforts. Renowned whistleblower advocate Stephen M.

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Whistleblower Network News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Kohn , founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP and Chairman at the National Whistleblower Center , will be speaking at Georgetown University’s ECo Talks Series discussing the issue of Blowing the Whistle on International Climate Corruption.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 4, 2024

In a new article for Bloomberg , Kohn outlines how the program is set up to be a game changer for the United States’ anti-corruption efforts. The Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act has potential to be the most effective transnational anti-corruption law on the books,” writes Kohn. “In Kohn further notes that other U.S.

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Art of Procurement

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, is usually associated with organized crime. In 1992, it. The post Reading FedEx Ground the RICO Act appeared first on Art of Procurement.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 23, 2024

Together, they embark on a perilous journey in their quest to expose the state capture of a corrupt South African security group and the double-dealing profiteers who benefit from warfare in Africa. South African whistleblowers face an uphill battle when it comes to reporting corruption.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To tackle this problem, the country has proposed wide-ranging legislation , including an anti-corruption package with measures to standardize the operations of Mongolia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and ensure they follow consistent rules throughout processes like tendering and procurement, among others.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 24, 2024

On January 24, the Vatican issued new procedures on whistleblowing , recognizing the critical role whistleblowers play in exposing corruption and financial misconduct. The new document expands upon procedures first laid out in 2019 for reporting financial anomalies to the Office of the Auditor General.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 7, 2024

“The Justice Department plays a critical role in all of the major anti-corruption and fraud cases. Kohn and Turner discuss the background of the program and its potential to revolutionize the DOJ’s handling of whistleblower cases and its ability to fight fraud and corruption.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 3, 2024

In particular, Kohn highlights actions that Congress and federal agencies can take to align the nation’s whistleblower programs with The United States Strategy on Countering Corruption. Anti-Corruption Strategy.” Anti-Corruption Strategy. The United States Strategy on Countering Corruption represents a roadmap for action.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 8, 2024

. “Whistleblowers have submitted information relating to some of the most pressing policy objectives of the United States, from Iran- and Russia-related sanctions evasion to drug-trafficking to cyber-crimes and corruption.” There is no better way to detect hidden illicit funds than through the cooperation of an insider.

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Whistleblower Network News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These failures also allowed corrupt bank employees to facilitate a criminal network’s laundering of tens of millions of dollars,” said Principal Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. “For nearly a decade, TD Bank failed to update its anti-money laundering compliance program to address known risks.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

MKSS has led transparency and anti-corruption movements across India, including for the Right to Information, minimum wage, protection for gig workers, and more. Dey has been recognized for his grassroots activism, most recently being named one of 11 worldwide Anti-Corruption Champions by the U.S. Department of State.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 19, 2023

At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “ Promoting transparency and integrity in public procurement in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

billion as having three or more red flags for corruption risks and conflicts of interest (see Annex 3 of the report for 14 red flags they used). And analysis by Spotlight on Corruption suggests that HPL contracts seem to have had a higher failure rate than other Covid PPE contracts (over half of the spending!).

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Senators emphasized that making the program accessible and safe for whistleblowers is vital to maximize the anti-corruption potential of the program. .’” FinCEN has also failed to publish draft rules for the whistleblower program. The senators write that “this is unacceptable.”

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 13, 2024

On July 30, National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is hosting a National Whistleblower Day event on Capitol Hill to celebrate the bravery and sacrifices of whistleblowers and their contributions to rooting out fraud, abuses and corruption. The event will feature remarks from U.S. Each year since 2013, the U.S.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 6, 2024

They also speak about the upcoming conference Global Corruption And Public Integrity – The Human Factor which features panel discussions on international whistleblowing protection policies with a specific focus on the human toll whistleblower retaliation has on whistleblowers and their families.

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Government Contracts

MARCH 8, 2024

Department of Justice officials on Friday signaled a renewed emphasis on fighting foreign corruption, saying its planned whistleblower rewards program should prove useful in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases against private companies, and warned companies against running afoul of new rules barring the sale of personal data to foreign adversaries (..)

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Government Contracts

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Second Circuit on Thursday undid part of the bribery conviction of a former Long Island county official accused of accepting kickbacks in return for helping a restaurateur secure a loan, saying his role as Nassau County executive did not make him an "agent" of a local municipality.

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Government Contracts

JANUARY 23, 2025

Fox News has filed a public records lawsuit suggesting that Los Angeles County officials may have taken bribes to award a 2020 election contract to Smartmatic, the voting technology company currently pursuing a $2.7 billion defamation suit over Fox's coverage of that election.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Over a decade NWD has expanded to have a global reach and a historic number of federal agencies have accepted whistleblowing as a core component of anti-corruption efforts.” The report also details NWC’s participation in the United Nations Conference of States Parties for the Convention Against Corruption. “At

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Government Contracts

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his loyal right hand Michael McClain engaged in an eight-year "campaign of bribery," leveraging his public office and leadership roles to steer business to Madigan's property tax law firm, enrich his allies with do-nothing jobs and maintain his considerable political power, prosecutots told an Illinois (..)

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Government Contracts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A Manhattan federal judge hit a retired public housing worker with 20 months in prison on Monday for taking over $83,000 of bribes, showing that prison is the most likely outcome for those convicted of felonies in the anti-bribery sweep.

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Government Contracts

JULY 16, 2024

An Illinois federal judge said Tuesday that he needs to hear more about potential testimony from certain Chicago politics experts and a proposal to research potential jurors before he decides whether either are appropriate for former state House speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial.

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