bribery

Offshore & Marine

Brazil's Comptroller General initiates administrative enforcement procedure against Keppel O&M following 2017 corruption scandal

The Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil (CGU) has begun an administrative enforcement procedure against Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and its other companies in relation to its bribery case in 2017.

Malaysia

Malaysia's ex-DPM claims trial to receiving $4.24 mil in graft case

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today claimed trial at the Sessions Court here over seven counts of receiving huge sums of Singapore currency at the Deputy Prime Minister's official residence in relation to the for

1MDB Watch

Malaysia said to charge ex-Goldman's Ng after extradition delay

(Dec 19): Malaysian prosecutors will charge a former Goldman Sachs Group banker on Wednesday, said a person familiar with the matter, after an oversight earlier in the day delayed his extradition process to the US.

1MDB Watch

Najib's lawyer Muhammad Shafee pleads not guilty to money laundering charges; granted RM1 mil bail

SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, has pleaded not guilty to two charges under Malaysia’s anti-money laundering act, for receiving RM4.3 million ($1.4 million) and RM5.2 million from former prime minister Najib Razak.

Management & Corporate Governance

Even with US$11 bil of fines, global corruption is still at a high: EY

SINGAPORE (May 7): Since 2012, regulators and law enforcement agencies around the world has imposed more than US$11 billion ($14.7 billion) in financial penalties, but the scale of bribery and corruption has shown no improvement globally, according to the

Temasek to conduct roundtable on business ethics in wake of Keppel corruption scandal

SINGAPORE (Mar 5): Temasek Holdings chairman Lim Boon Heng has called for the second Temasek Roundtable for the chairs of major Temasek portfolio companies to align themselves and set expectations on how they should operate and conduct business – ethica

In print this week

What Keppel's corruption scandal means for investors

SINGAPORE (Jan 5):  It was a blue Christmas for Keppel Corp.

Uber faces widespread Asia bribery allegations amid US criminal probe

(Sept 20): Uber Technologies, facing a federal probe into whether it broke laws against overseas bribery, has embarked on a review of its Asia operations and notified US officials about payments made by staff in Indonesia, people with knowledge of the mat
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Global Economy

These economies are seen improving dramatically this year

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON(MARCH 21): Expect more good news than bad when it comes to global growth this year, led by recoveries in several of Latin America’s largest economies, a pickup in the US, and continued robustness from China and India.

900 million in Asia had to pay bribes in 2016: Report

BANGKOK (March 7): More than a quarter of people living in Asia had to pay a bribe while trying to access a public service in the past year, a watchdog said on Tuesday, calling on governments to root out endemic graft in the region.
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