Europe: Council of Europe members suspected of corruption, inquiry reveals
April 23rd, 2018 Several members of the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly broke the body’s rules on ethics and are “strongly suspected” of corruption, according to an internal inquiry. The report, revealed on Sunday, ends a 10-month investigation into cash-for-votes allegations focused on Azerbaijan, which have rocked the...
United States: Fire Suppression Company Owner Admits to Bribe for Kickbacks
April 23rd, 2018 A Connecticut man who bribed an employee of Stamford's largest development company to get contracts has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Michael Uszakiewicz, who owns a Southington-based K&M Fire Protection, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Prosecutors say the 52-year-old Prospect man...
United Kingdom: Juror jailed for six years for accepting bribe
April 23rd, 2018 A juror who accepted a bribe has been jailed in the first prosecution of its kind in Scotland. Catherine Leahy served on a jury in a drug trafficking and money laundering trial at the high court in Glasgow, which returned a not proven verdict in April 2016 after three days of deliberation. A police investigation was launched after...
Myanmar : FDA director general charged with bribery
April 23rd, 2018 The chief of the Food and Drug Administration Department has been placed under criminal investigation for allegedly taking bribes amounting to as much as K1.5 billion (US$1.12 million) in exchange for permission for the construction of laboratories, the Anti-Corruption Commission has said. The commission said in a statement the...Anti-Corruption Compliance Solutions
ethiXbase is dedicated to improving corporate compliance practices through an array of anti-corruption compliance services. We provide businesses with the tools they need to achieve greater supply chain visibility and ensure the integrity of their third parties. Our anti-corruption due diligence and third party management services were established in response to the increasingly globalised nature of modern businesses. Where previously a businesses supply chain consisted of enterprises closely linked together with well-established commercial relationships, modern systems often consist of a spider web of international suppliers, vendors, distributors and agents. ethiXbase shields your business by verifying, managing and educating your third party intermediaries across the globe.
Online Anti-Bribery and Corruption Platform
Our due diligence solutions are some of the best in the business and are designed to help businesses of all sizes to ensure compliance across their supply chain. Our services include instant and enhanced due diligence solutions, and our ethiXbase 2.0 anti-bribery and corruption platform for third party compliance management.
Compliance and anti-corruption professionals should also take advantage of free Associate membership to the Ethical Alliance to benefit from our global news database which is designed to keep users up to date with anti-bribery and corruption initiatives around the world. As part of our dedication to eradicating corruption and bribery in the corporate world, we offer individuals the chance to upskill with our anti-corruption compliance certificate. With close to 40,000 global members the Ethical Alliance is a rapidly growing anti-corruption movement.
To learn more about the range of due diligence solutions and other services that we offer, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
