By AAF Staff The federal corruption indictment of New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez today came as a shock to many, but perhaps should not have been wholly unexpected: after all, Sen. Menendez had been indicted and tried before for similar 'influence-peddling' wrongdoing (regarding a criminal Florida doctor), in a case that ended up with a … Continue reading Corruption’s Long Tentacles: Egypt meets New Jersey in Certification-Monopoly Bribery Scheme
Fraud, corruption and the MTN fine
Fraud, corruption and the $5 billion MTN fine By Michael Currie MTN, Africa’s largest mobile network is reeling after a the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) fined the company USD $5.2 billion for failing to disconnect approximately 5.1 million customers from unregistered phone cards. The NCC calculated the fine by fining MTN USD $1,001 for each … Continue reading Fraud, corruption and the MTN fine
Exploring overlap of anti-corruption & competition laws
ICC FraudNet Spring 2014 conference AAF & AAT editor John Oxenham of Nortons Inc. was an invited speaker on current trends in African anti-corruption and anti-fraud enforcement. See more details on the conference and FraudNet here. The emerging overlap of antitrust and anti-corruption issues - including significant efficiencies from combining preemptive internal audits as well … Continue reading Exploring overlap of anti-corruption & competition laws
Anti-Fraud & Corruption Law in Africa 