June 09, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Export Development Corporation (EDC) asks entities with which it does business to make certifications regarding compliance with Canadian and other anti-corruption/anti-bribery laws. Pursuant to the Corruption of Public...
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March 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 1, 2011, the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada released a notice regarding the new regulations implementing the United Nations Resolution on Libya and taking special economic measures. For a copy...
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March 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 3, 2011, Canada's Prime Minister Harper and Justice Minister Nicholson introduced in Canada's House of Commons important new legislation (the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Regimes Act), which will, when passed, provide the...
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February 03, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Transparency International Canada stated in a press release issued on January 31, 2011 that:
The recent revelation from the RCMP Sensitive Investigations and International Anti-Corruption Unit that 23 CFPOA investigations are...
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January 23, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
My friend Tom Fox has recently posted two posts on FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog:
1. Jonathan Marks' 13 Step FCPA Compliance Action Plan (January 11, 2011) -...
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January 19, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The answer is: Higher! Deeper!
If we take a moment to look at the headlines of 2010, we should predict what are the new risks that will need to be covered:
Preventing Wikileaks and similar divulgence of sensitive...
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December 18, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
The International Law Section of the American Bar Association held its fall meeting in Paris the first week in November. One of the more interesting programs was entitled "Briber Beware: International Enforcement of the Foreign...
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November 04, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
OECD Report Released
During an October 2010 webinar hosted by the Journal of Commerce and moderated by Susan Kohn Ross of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Chuck Duross, Department of Justice (Justice) Deputy Chief, Fraud Section,...
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October 19, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On October 2, 2010, I gave a presentation at the University of Windsor, Center for Transnational Law and Justice concerning Canada's anti-bribery laws. The theme of my presentation was that Canada takes a balanced approach to...
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October 11, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
Proving yet again that if you flaunt the law in an egregious enough manner, the federal government will come after you full force, Thomas George, the former CEO of Sterling Seafood Corp., was sentenced to 22 months in prison for...
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October 02, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Bill C-300 "An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil and Gas in Developing Countries" requires a royal recommendation before it can pass third reading Canada's House of Commons. This point of...
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August 10, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
In March 2010, MiningWatch Canada and a coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations and labour rights groups asked the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Anti-Corruption Unit (RCMP-AICU) to investigate Blackfire Exploration...
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April 13, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Four Avon Products International (Avon) employees (including the President and Chief Financial Officer of the China operations) have been suspended after an internal investigation into improper payments (bribery) to Chinese...
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April 12, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On April 7, 2010, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced the first conviction of an individual for failing to report outbound currency in excess of $10,000 under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist...
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April 04, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
We have heard a lot about fusion centers in the context of immigration issues, wherein government at all levels communicates and coordinates its efforts. It would appear that cooperative spirit is spreading.
In a February 19,...
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