United States: A former Goldman Sachs banker reaches a settlement with the SEC as part of a bribery case in Ghana
Europe: Several NGOs publish a report on lobbyism against the European law on duty of care
France: The High Authority for the transparency of public life releases an assessment of the declarations of activities of lobbyists for the year 2020
Italy: Acquittal of two alleged intermediaries in an international corruption case involving Eni and Shell
Norway: The Parliament adopts the law on transparency
United Kingdom: The SFO issues GBP 402,465 confiscation order against former Unaoil executive
United Kingdom: Proposal to amend the law against modern slavery

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Belarus: New sanctions imposed by the European Union, United Kingdom, USA and Canada
China: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms sanctions over a Belgian politician for Uyghur genocide resolution
United States: A Guatemalan congressman sanctioned as part of corrupt practices
France: Four executives indicted for complicity in torture
European Union: European Parliament calls for the inclusion of corruption as a punishable offence under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (GHRSR)
European Union: U.S. and EU to strengthen cooperation on sanctions

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Germany: Bundestag passes law requiring corporate due diligence in supply chain
Saudi Arabia: Wave of arrests of public officials for corruption
World Bank: World Bank debars Chinese company Zhejiang First Hydro for bribery
United States: Supreme Court reverses lawsuit against Cargill and Nestlé in slavery case
United States: FirstEnergy shareholders allowed access to documents related to bribery lawsuit against the company
France: Alcatel-Lucent definitively sentenced for corruption in Costa Rica
France: Publication of the results of the public consultation on the transposition of the Directive on Whistleblowers
France: Volkswagen, Renault, Peugeot and Citroën indicted for deception in the dieselgate case
Myanmar: Investor group calls on companies operating in Myanmar to take action on human rights violations
European Union: Publication of a new Transparency International survey on EU citizens’ perception of corruption
European Union: Entry into force of the 6th EU Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Directive

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China: Adoption of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law
United States: Government revokes prohibitions related to Tik Tok and WeChat
European Union: Publication of a Commission opinion on transactions with sanctioned entities

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Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi charged with corruption
United States: SEC will not recommend enforcement action against Avianca
United States: Publication of a National Security Memorandum on establishing the fight against corruption as a core United States national security interest
France: The investigation into corruption against Veolia closed
France: The French State Procurement Department publishes a thematic guide on the respect of human rights in supply chains
France: The High Authority for Transparency in Public Life publishes its 2020 activity report
France: The qualification of complicity in crimes against humanity by Lafarge before the Court of Cassation
France: Suez summoned on the basis of the law on the duty of care
India: Stock exchange authority imposes new ESG disclosure criteria for major companies
Sweden: Former Swedish top Bombardier employee charged for corruption

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United States: Biden administration replaces CCMC list by the CMIC list
United States: Photonics Industries has settled an agreement with the Bureau of Industry and Security
European Union: Belarusian carriers banned from EU airspace and airports

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South Africa: Wide-ranging investigation into allegations of corruption in Covid-19-related contracts
Brazil: Oil trader Freepoint under investigation in Brazil for alleged corruption
United States: Deferred Prosecution Agreement between Julius Baer bank and the U.S. Department of Justice to settle money laundering charges
France: The violation of an ethical charter may justify the immediate termination of commercial relations
France: Mobilization campaign for the transposition of the EU directive on the protection of whistleblowers and the strengthening of national law provisions
France: Publication of the study on the state of knowledge on corruption commissioned by the French Anticorruption Agency
France: New AMF sanction for market abuse
France: The Observatory of Public Ethics releases a white paper to reform regional democracy
Japan: Tokyo Stock Exchange governance guidelines to include human rights issues
European Union: 40 companies call on the EU for stronger legislation against deforestation
European Union: Launch of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to protect the EU budget against fraud and corruption

Canada: Canadian Government announces it has blocked 43 attempted exports of military goods to China
China: A former commissioner from the USCIRF sanctioned by China
United States: GVA international pleads guilty for violating export control Act
United States: Gowin challenges its listing as a CCMC
Russia: Three German NGOs declared “undesirable” on Russian territory

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