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Global Entry Cards, Visas, and INTERPOL Red Notices- Post 2 of 2

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For many, Global Entry cards and visas are essential for smooth travel from international origins into the United States. However, when an individual is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice, these travel privileges can come...more

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China: INTERPOL Red Notice Abuse In Cases Of Wealthy Business Owners And Dissidents (Post 1 of 2)

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Today’s post will cover an often revisited RNLJ topic: China’s Red Notice abuse. INTERPOL member countries have always abused Red Notices, and no matter how many reforms are put into place, the sheer number of INTERPOL member...more

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One Sheet To Rap Sheet: Evaluating Proposed Federal Rule For Using Lyrics & Creative Writing To Prove Crimes

In a list of Music Industry Terms Every Artist Should Know, “One Sheet” is defined as a “single-page document that highlights an artist’s new music and summarizes their bio, stats, and achievements. It’s given to media,...more

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Antitrust Division Indicts Company, Executive and Employee for $100 Million Price-Fixing Conspiracy

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DOJ’s Antitrust Division has been relatively quiet in prosecuting criminal cartel or bid-rigging cases.  Since 2015, the Antitrust Division’s criminal enforcement has fallen from the billions in penalties each year to the...more

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Moldova: Officials Arrested For Bribery Related To INTERPOL Red Notices

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Moldova police have recently arrested officials who allegedly accepted bribes in an international conspiracy to allow criminals to bypass INTERPOL Red Notices....more

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Hong Kong CFI Jury Convicts Three Individuals in Its First Market Manipulation Case

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The first-ever SFO offence to be tried by a jury in the CFI emphasises the SFC’s commitment to prosecuting market misconduct through various enforcement powers. The Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) has convicted...more

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Episode 323 - Carlos Villagran Discusses Rebuilding a Corporate Culture After a Crisis

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Carlos Villagrán is the Director of Compliance at CMPC, a 100 years’ old Chilean-based holding company, one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of pulp, paper, packaging, personal care and other forest products. Carlos...more

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Life Sciences Company Escapes Criminal Charges for Employee’s Illegal Export Scheme

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Sigma-Aldrich, Inc., d/b/a MilliporeSigma (“MilliporeSigma”), a U.S. life sciences company based in Massachusetts, escaped criminal charges for export control violations, despite a former sales person’s scheme to illegally...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Biomedical Company Avoids DOJ Prosecution After First Ever Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure of Fraud...

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Biomedical Company Avoids DOJ Prosecution After First Ever Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure of Fraud Under NSD Enforcement Policy - On May 22, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will not prosecute a...more

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U.S. DOJ Antitrust Division Uses Wiretaps to Detect and Prosecute Procurement Collusion

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) has struck again, this time with the help of a Title III wiretap. ...more

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From the NBA Finals to Federal Prison - “Big Baby” Sentenced to 40 months in NBA Healthcare Plan Scheme

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Former NBA player Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison after being convicted for his role in a scheme to defraud the NBA healthcare plan. Davis’ sentence comes almost a year after the scheme’s...more

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Lyon France: INTERPOL’s CCF- This Year’s Schedule (part 1 of 3)

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INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files(CCF) has finished its second session of the year, and the remaining dates of its sessions in 2024 are posted on its website. The remaining sessions are listed on...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 186: White Collar Crimes in Healthcare with Maynard...

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This week, Heather and Lauren welcome more members of the Maynard Nexsen team, White Collar attorneys Erica Barnes, Mark Moore, and Christian Dysart. The group takes a deep dive into discussing white-collar crime in the...more

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‘If Only She Could Have Been Stronger’: Miami Trial Fraud Leads to Prison, Personal Loss

In September 2015, while working in an office on the grounds of Mercy Hospital in Miami, Ivette Maria Portela Martinez learned about an upcoming clinical trial for treatment of symptoms of Clostridium difficile infections and...more

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AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Analyzing the Latest Updates in the Litigation Against Trump

In this episode, Jeff Jacobovitz, AGG trial attorney, adjunct law professor at AUWCL (Criminal Antitrust), and chair of the firm’s Antitrust group, covers several issues related to the ongoing litigation against former...more

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Gunvor Falls Under FCPA Axe and Agrees to Pay Criminal Penalty of $661 Million (Part I of III)

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You have to give the Justice Department credit — after two slow enforcement years, DOJ is starting off 2024 with a relative “bang;” first, DOJ reached a large settlement with SAP in January, and now, DOJ has reached a...more

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California Announces Intent to Criminally Prosecute Antitrust Violations

In the latest development signaling California’s increasing efforts to police antitrust violations, on March 6, 2024, Senior Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard announced that the California Office of the Attorney...more

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Switzerland: INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea XVI- INTERPOL’s Focus on Fraud (Part 3 of 3)

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The last post in this series explored the pattern of erectile dysfunction drugs being the most seized substance by INTERPOL along with the risks of corruption within the operation. Today’s post will explore the ways in which...more

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Mozambique, Australia and Qatar: INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea XVI- Pharmaceuticals, Red Notices, and sex (Part 2 of 3)

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The last post in this series described INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea and how law enforcement from varying countries use INTERPOL’s tools to share information and do cross-border investigations.  Today’s post will discuss the...more

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Lying Is More Expensive than Telling the Truth — First Criminal Jury Trial of Executives Who Knowingly and Willfully Violated the...

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On November 16, 2023, a federal jury in Los Angeles returned guilty verdicts against two corporate executives of a consumer product distributor for conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the lawful functions...more

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The Guide to Anti-Money Laundering: Trade-Based Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

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Trade-based money laundering (TBML) describes a set of techniques through which drug traffickers, terrorists and other criminals use the veneer of trade to move illicit funds across borders while disguising the origin and...more

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Senator Menendez Faces Additional Federal Charges of Acting as a Foreign Agent for the Egyptian Government in Superseding...

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Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, faces a superseding indictment filed in federal district court in New York alleging his involvement in acting as a foreign agent of Egypt and...more

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Food for Thought: Individuals Remain in SFO’s Sights as Four From Patisserie Valerie Charged With Fraud

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Individuals continue to face risk from prosecutions for economic crime, despite media focus on corporate criminal liability reforms. Four individuals have today appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with fraud...more

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U.S.A.- Identifying INTERPOL Red Notice scams

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A local reader recently asked a question, hoping to learn whether a message they received was a scam. The reader was contacted by someone claiming to be an INTERPOL agent, who alleged that there were 2 cases held against...more

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DOJ Obtains First Divestitures in a Criminal Antitrust Case

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The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division ("DOJ") recently resolved a criminal case with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals via deferred prosecution agreements ("DPAs"), which include a novel remedy for...more

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