As forecasted in a blog post last summer, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has again used the money laundering statute to accomplish the otherwise elusive goal of prosecuting foreign officials who allegedly...more
2/15/2018
/ Bribery ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Indictments ,
Money Laundering ,
Oil & Gas ,
Venezuela
As widely reported, the Spanish police raided last year the Madrid offices of the Chinese state-run Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”), the world’s biggest bank by assets. In the nearly 18 months following that...more
8/7/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
China ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Transfer ,
Patriot Act ,
Popular ,
Spain ,
SWIFT ,
White Collar Crimes