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The French Anti-Corruption Agency Jan 15, 2020

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Emmanuel Farhat of the AFA discusses Sapin II and his organization's role in vetting the implementation of the corporate compliance programs that the law mandates.

"Money Tree: Teak and Conflict in South Sudan" Jan 08, 2020

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C4ADS Senior Analysts Stella Cooper and Cecile Neumeister discuss their fantastic report on the little known problem of illegal logging in South Sudan and the environmental, social, financial and security implications. Read the report here.

Our Favorite Wine Fraudster Dec 25, 2019

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This podcast has become a bit of a holiday tradition on the podcast. Peter Hellman describes Rudy Kurniawan's audacious scheme to defraud wine collectors in his excellent book, "In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire."

Key Takeaways from 2019 Dec 18, 2019

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Bill Steinman, senior partner at boutique compliance firm Steinman & Rodgers, walks us through some continuing trends—and a few surprises--from 2019.

Company Audits under France's Sapin II Dec 11, 2019

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Olivier Catherine, Group General Counsel of Sonepar in Paris, describes in detail the company's experience as the first to complete an audit by the French Anticorruption Agency (AFA), from the initial letter launching the review through the Sanctions Committee's dismissal of all claims.

Protecting Wildlife from Poachers in Africa Dec 04, 2019

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Kevin Chapla, a Civil Affairs Officer with the US Army, discusses the work his team has done with foreign governments and civilian populations to reduce the poaching and trafficking of wildlife in Central Africa.

Bad Blood Nov 27, 2019

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We're reposting a popular podcast during the American Thanksgiving holiday. We want to keep the fascinating Theranos story, still to be updated with Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial set for August 2020, in front of our listeners.

The GDPR vs Anti-bribery Due Diligence Nov 20, 2019

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Paul Lavery of McCann FitzGerald in Dublin discusses the conflict between the GDPR's emphasis on privacy and the requirement under anti-bribery laws that companies undertake reputational due diligence on their business partners. There is a direct and as yet unreconciled conflict between privacy and transparency.

The Global Impact of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Nov 13, 2019

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Nicola Bonucci, Director of Legal Affairs at the OECD, describes successes and failures of the anti-bribery convention as well as some of the challenges still ahead.

Compliance Advice for Doing Business in India Nov 06, 2019

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Priyanka Goswami of Quad Law, TRACE's partner firm in New Delhi, provides a great overview of the compliance landscape in India, together with a lot of very practical advice for companies operating there.

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