Recent guidance issued by the DOJ underlines the importance of Due Diligence in M&A and highlights opportunities to improve corporate compliance

In our ongoing Expert Q&A series, we spoke with Caroline Black, partner at Dechert LLP, about the current anti-bribery and corruption compliance landscape, including the rise in collaborative, cross-border investigations, use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements to encourage self-reporting and more.

Head of the OECD Anti-Corruption Division PMoulette shares his insights into the international ABC agenda, the rise of DPAs and more in our latest Q&A. Read more.

There are a host of simple things one can do to help determine the source credibility of online content.

Does the House of Lords ‘No’ vote on public beneficial ownership registries—a proposed amendment to the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering bill—mean a softer stance on money laundering? Not necessarily. Take a closer look.

In 2015, Paypal was fined a whopping £5m fine after they had allowed payments which violated sanctions and involved links to weapons of mass destruction.

Is beneficial ownership a tool for risk management or does it only hide malicious acts? Companies are under more pressure than ever to address the issue.

What constitutes a PEP? Why PEPs can pose a risk of money laundering? The new guidance from the FCA advises on how companies should manage this risk to meet their AML requirements.

As we review the adoption of the ISO’s anti-bribery and corruption compliance procedures certification 6 months after its introduction, ISO 37001 has now been agreed by standards bodies in 37 participating countries.

The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) attended a recent meeting in Paris to outline the standards of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Find out how companies should consider increasing the level of their due diligence efforts to mitigate these risks.

This week, LexisNexis reviews The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We’re looking deeper into a case study with Nestle to show the importance of ongoing due diligence and monitoring.

Find out the largest enforcement actions by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in 2016, which amounted to a record-setting $2.48 billion settlement.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published proposals on how to improve the implementation of international standards on transparency, including the availability of beneficial ownership information.

The EU Commission has proposed amendments to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive to improve oversight over financial methods used by terrorists.

3rd October 2016 marks six months since the leak of 11.5 million documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, so what’s changed? Register for our free webinar to learn how to manage beneficial ownership risk when dealing with complex corporate ownership structures.

An investigation by French authorities has identified a suspected international money laundering operation through the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) group Lycamobile. Described as “worryingly characteristic of money laundering”

Regulatory scrutiny and enforcement has increased rapidly in the pharmaceutical industry as more supply chain and business development risks have been exposed in overseas operations. A recent report compiled by the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Programme, a global initiative of Transparency International UK, aims to help policy makers identify and understand corruption risk in the pharmaceutical sector by identifying key policy and structural issues.

The leak of 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca has focused unprecedented attention on the use of tax havens and trails of secret companies to conceal the beneficiaries of undeclared and illegally obtained money.

Significant measures in beneficial ownership screening have been announced at London Summit 2016, where 40 jurisdictions have sworn to more transparency.

Executives at FIFA and UEFA can sympathise with Don Corleone after last week's Panama leak put the spotlight of the media and organisations governing World and European football respectively.