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Oct. 22, 2014

International Anti-Corruption Enforcement Roundup

    Oracle’s Indian subsidiary is reportedly facing new claims it bribed officials to obtain contracts.  “Teddy” Obiang, Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, has agreed to relinquish his Malibu mansion, Ferrari and Michael Jackson memorabilia, among other things, in a deal with the DOJ as part of its Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.  More accusations surface in the Petrobras corruption case in Brazil.  The former PetroTiger CEO says the U.S. hurt his chance for a fair bribery trial by allowing a key witness to leave the country.  The defendant in the Nagasaki pumping plant bribery case, a former mayor, claims innocence.  The mayor of Zagreb, Croatia was arrested on bribery charges with associates.  Two Thai companies are being investigated over collusion and corruption on a school construction project.

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