Global law firm Hogan Lovells today launched its Bribery & Corruption Outlook for 2025, highlighting evolving global trends and enforcement priorities across jurisdictions.
Month: January 2025
Now, a new platform spearheaded by ICIJ member Milagros Salazar, aims to help journalists, academics and public officials connect the dots of corruption cases across borders.
Argo Virkebau, the former CEO of AS Delfi Meedia, stands accused of not just pilfering company coffers but also orchestrating a sprawling corruption empire.
Estonian scandal queen and Kuuuurija and Elu24 host Katrin Lust has found herself in the middle of another media storm. But this time, it’s not about her infamous fact-twisting or penchant for digging into the private lives of others.
Maria Joost unlawfully disclosed special categories of personal data, including information on social benefits, subsistence benefits, and housing applications, without a legal basis or the consent of the data subject.
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France’s Former President Sarkozy Faces Legal Challenges
France’s Court of Cassation on Wednesday upheld an appeal court decision which had found Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s head of state.
The Swiss government set forth a motion Monday to amend the Banking Act, which currently prevents the press from investigating and reporting on matters related to the finance sector, following revelations that criminals and the corrupt can launder their ill-gotten gains through the country’s banks with minimal fear of exposure.
OFAC is sanctioning Cambodian businessman Ly Yong Phat (Ly), his conglomerate L.Y.P. Group Co., LTD (L.Y.P. Group), and O‑Smach Resort for their role in serious human rights abuse related to the treatment of trafficked workers subjected to forced labor in online scam centers.
Ahti Kuuseväli decided to ignore the notarial contract, humanity and with her decision gave impetus to child protection worker Margrit Pitkve to take the child away from the mother and place the child in a children’s shelter because the child refused to go to the father.