The Anticorruption & Ethics Newsletter

United States: Publication of a study exploring the benefits of artificial intelligence in CSR
United States: Stericycle pays USD 80.7 million to resolve FCPA offenses
France: AFA publishes its second national survey on the prevention of corruption in the local public sector
France: Publication of the Observatory of Legal Departments 2022
Italy: Ferrero announces the end of its palm oil and palm kernel oil supply from Sime Darby
World: World Bank sanctions German and Chinese hydropower companies
United Kingdom: Former Coca-Cola senior manager convicted of bribery
Sweden: Swedish court opens preliminary investigation into Ericsson

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The Russia / Ukraine Newsletter

United States: Publication of a note on public corruption and kleptocracy targeting Russia
France: Sodexo announces the sale of its activities in Russia
Russia: 200,000 jobs threatened by the application of Western sanctions
Russia: Court fines Google for spreading “false information”

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United States: Indicted for bribery, the vice-governor of New York resigns
United States: Former Goldman Sachs executive found guilty in 1MDB scandal
United States: Ericsson “likely” to make further payments to U.S. Justice
France: The AFA publishes its guide on corporate anti-corruption accounting controls
France: The ESG strategies of companies slowed down by a lack of transparency
France: Publication of the third edition of a survey on compliance in companies by Ethicorp and the AFJE

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The Russia / Ukraine Newsletter

United States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland join global export control coalition
United States: BIS expands sanctions against Russia and Belarus under export administration regulations
United States: BIS enforces actions against three Russian airlines that have violated sanctions
United States: Department of Justice charges Konstantin Malofeyev for violating sanctions
France: Société Générale ceases its banking and insurance activities in Russia
Russia: The Russian debt rating downgraded to selective default
Russia: Russia sanctions members of governments of Australia and New Zealand
Russia: Bill under consideration to punish heads of subsidiaries applying Western sanctions
Ukraine: The government bans the import of goods from Russia

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Canada: First reading of a bill on corporate responsibility linked to the adverse impacts on human rights occurring in relation to companies’ activities abroad
France: AFA launches a survey on corruption in the founding and associative world
France: The French Court of Cassation confirms the inadmissibility of the complaint of the NGOs Sherpa and ActionAid against Samsung for misleading commercial practices
France: Criminal complaint filed against NSO group by French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri
France: Two new indictments in the context of a judicial investigation into Semivim
France: McDonald’s France responds to the order to comply with the law on duty of care
World: The World Economic Forum excludes Ericsson from its anti-corruption initiative
United Kingdom: BHP faces USD 6.6 billion lawsuit over 2015 Brazil dam failure
United Kingdom: JLT Group Holding Ltd receives a declination letter from the American Department of Justice

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The Russia / Ukraine Newsletter

Germany: The German subsidiary of Gazprom placed under guardianship by the government
United States: Russian oligarch convicted of violating sanctions against Russia
United States: New sanctions adopted against Russia
United States: Widening of financial sanctions
Hungary: Hungary announces readiness to finance Russian gas in rubles
Russia: Shell expects USD 4-5 billion in depreciation and charges due its withdrawal from Russia
United Kingdom: Publication of the twelfth report of the 2021-2022 session by the UK House of Commons Treasury Committee
United Kingdom: Three groups added to Russia sanctions list
United Kingdom: Tightening of sanctions against Russia
European Union: Adoption of a fifth round of sanctions

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South Africa: Construction of Amazon’s African headquarters suspended
United States: Microsoft accused of spending millions on bribes in the Middle East and Africa
United States: Arrest of a former manager of General Motors accused of collecting more than 3 million dollars in bribes from a Korean parts supplier
France: The Paris Court of Appeal will rule on May 18 on the validity of Lafarge’s indictment for “complicity in crimes against humanity”
France: The PNF opens a preliminary investigation into favoritism as part of the awarding of a public contract by the town hall of Le Puy-en-Velay
France: Groupe Rocher disputes the validity of its summons under the law on duty of care
France: McDonald’s France ordered to comply with the law on duty of care
United Kingdom: Second Unaoil conviction quashed
Sweden: Ericsson’s shareholders voted against discharge from liability of the Board of Directors and the President

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