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With securities case dismissal, another loss in the southern district for LIBOR plaintiffs

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 15 2013

On Monday, Southern District of New York Judge Shira Scheindlin dismissed the entire suit in Gusinsky v. Barclays, without leave to amend and with

Immunity from prosecution for corruption

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Nigeria, United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

Transparency International has published an interesting news feature on the numerous examples of corrupt senior politicians relying on immunities to

Egypt: former finance minister gets life

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Egypt
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  • May 14 2013

Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption by a Cairo criminal court. Mr

Africa and Kazakhstan: SFO launches criminal investigation of FTSE-listed mining firm

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The SFO has commenced a criminal investigation into the activities of FTSE-listed mining firm Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC

UK: SFO can exercise new asset recovery statutory powers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

The Serious Fraud office has recently issued a statement in relation to its role in civil recovery. In its investigations of serious fraud cases

FCA prosecutes a former mortgage broker for breach of the general prohibition

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

On 29 April 2013, Michael Joseph James Lewis (a former mortgage broker) appeared at Medway Magistrates Court to face criminal charges brought against

New actors and new approaches to asset recovery in global corruption cases: new paper published by the Center for Global Development

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Global
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  • May 8 2013

Locating and recovering money stolen and laundered internationally by corrupt public officials offers many challenges. An interesting and important

Recovering corruptly acquired assets laundered to or through the United Kingdom : a guidance note

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 8 2013

Introduction Foreign Governments and their anti-corruption agencies have available the full range of mechanisms envisaged by the United Nations

Asset recovery weapons: disclosure in civil proceedings

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 8 2013

One objective at the outset of, and throughout, a civil case to recover the proceeds of corruption is to obtain evidence to strengthen

Civil and criminal mechanisms to recover the proceeds of corruption laundered to foreign states: a guidance note

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Global
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  • May 8 2013

Overview and introduction Corruption cases are typically international and multi-jurisdictional. Bribes for the award of public contracts or stolen