Singapore: Agent linked to Sembcorp Marine units jailed for 19 years in Brazil corruption probe
February 21st, 2020 A agent linked to Sembcorp Marine's Brazilian subsidiaries has been found guilty by a court in Brazil of corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organisation. Guilherme Esteves de Jesus, was sentenced to 19 years and 4 months in prison and also fined by the Federal Courts of Curitiba, SembMarine said in a filing...
United Kingdom: UK's Fraud Office refers employee to police amid leak allegations
February 21st, 2020 The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had referred an individual to the police amid allegations made by mining company ENRC that an “SFO insider” had leaked confidential information about investigations to a journalist. The investigator and prosecutor said it had “identified a potential security issue” but...
Venezuela: Venezuela media mogul summoned to Madrid graft hearing on Feb 26
February 21st, 2020 The billionaire owner of Venezuela's Globovision TV network has been summoned to appear at Spain's top criminal court next week as part of a money-laundering investigation involving embezzled funds from state oil company PDVSA, court sources said Thursday. Raul Gorrin Belisario, who last month was added to Washington's most-wanted...
South Africa: Ramaphosa: Eskom and Transnet recovered R2.3bn lost through corruption
February 21st, 2020 So far state-owned enterprises Eskom and Transnet have recovered R2.3 billion that was lost through corruption, said President Cyril Ramaphosa. The president was speaking in Parliament on Thursday, where he provided replies following a two-day debate on his state of the nation address. Commenting on the erosion of institutions by...Anti-Corruption Compliance Solutions
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