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UK Banking Execs Arrested On Bribery Charges
International // September 04, 2018

Nigel Kirby, the deputy director of the National Crime Agency’s economic crime unit in the U.K., told a group of lawyers Monday (August 3) that the head of a London unit for a foreign bank has been arrested over bribery allegations. Bloomberg, citing comments Nigel...

Nigerians Pay Billions In Bribes — But Why?
News // August 21, 2017

Nigeria’s public officials are reportedly making billions of dollars from bribes each year. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing the National Statistics Bureau, in Nigeria $4.6 billion in bribes goes to public officials each year based on a purchasing power parity...

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Brazil Bank Managers Suspected Of Money Laundering Involvement

September 27, 2019
Police in Brazil have raided the residences of managers of Banco do Brasil in connection to their part in a money-laundering scam worth $48 million. Reuters is reporting that the raids are the latest part of the investigation of the scheme. Police are looking into accusations that the managers were a part of laundering the […]

UK Banking Execs Arrested On Bribery Charges

September 04, 2018
Nigel Kirby, the deputy director of the National Crime Agency’s economic crime unit in the U.K., told a group of lawyers Monday (August 3) that the head of a London...

Nigerians Pay Billions In Bribes — But Why?

August 21, 2017
Nigeria’s public officials are reportedly making billions of dollars from bribes each year. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing the National Statistics Bureau, in Nigeria $4.6...