International Anti-Corruption Enforcement Roundup

In this issue, we cover the sentencing of four Innospec executives in the U.K. for bribes in Indonesia and Iraq, and the Wells Notice issued to Cobalt International Energy by the SEC regarding an FCPA investigation into activity in Angola.  Plus, more anti-corruption enforcement activity against Alstom: bribery charges will reportedly be leveled against ex-employees by the U.K.’s SFO and in Brazil, Sao Paulo prosecutors allege Alstom bribed an ex-government official through a Swiss account.  Also, developments in two FCPA-related individual cases in the U.S. – French citizen Frederic Cilins gets 24 months in prison for obstructing an FCPA investigation and the former BizJet president pleads guilty to bribing officials in Mexico and Panama.  The South Korean government sets up a task force to stamp out corruption.  And, adding to GSK’s corruption troubles: a whistleblower alleges the company paid bribes in Syria.

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