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2 Mar, 2025

Episode 358 – Ethics and Compliance Trends for 2025: Is Your Company Prepared?

With tariffs shaking global trade, aggressive sanctions enforcement, and new risks from AI, businesses must rethink their strategies. Can your compliance program keep up, or will it be left scrambling? In this episode of Corruption, Crime, and Compliance, Michael Volkov unpacks the rapidly shifting risk landscape facing businesses today. From trade compliance and supply chain disruptions to cybersecurity and government enforcement, Mike highlights the top...

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26 Feb, 2025

Flighttime Enterprises, Inc. and Employees Indicted Over Alleged Role in Facilitating Illegal Exports to Russia

In one of the most significant enforcement actions involving the illicit export of aircraft components to Russia since the imposition of sweeping sanctions in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Justice recently unsealed an indictment charging FlightTime Enterprises, Inc. (“FTE”) and three of its employees implicated in a complex scheme to circumvent U.S. export controls. The indictment, filed in the...

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25 Feb, 2025

Mitigating Risks of “Interacting” with Cartels and TCOs

We have some new vernacular to bring into the compliance arena — companies need to address risks of interacting with cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Companies need to understand the laws used to designate cartels and other organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Under current criminal and sanctions laws, FTOs and SDGTs create criminal and civil risks for...

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23 Feb, 2025

Episode 357 — Updating Your Risk Profile Under the New Trump Administration

Are You Ready for the Next Wave of Corporate Risk? Corporate risks are shifting, and every board, C-suite, and compliance team must take a fresh look at their risk landscape. While some risks like cybersecurity, data privacy, and artificial intelligence remain high priorities, others—such as anti-corruption and antitrust enforcement—are evolving in unexpected ways. With regulatory changes and new enforcement priorities emerging, businesses must stay ahead...

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19 Feb, 2025

Import Enforcement and Compliance Risks

The scope of new import tariffs and regulations portends significant operational risks and disruptions. It is easy to imagine numerous companies that depend on imports for production purposes are facing a new set of challenges. This is when companies are at risk of significant disruptions. However, let us hope that many companies are prepared — the disruption caused from the 2020 Pandemic challenged companies to...

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17 Feb, 2025

Updating Your Risk Profile to Respond to the New Trump Administration

We live in a topsy-turvy world. This is an exaggeration but sets up my points in this blog post. We are now seeing the shuffling of corporate risks and every board, C-Suite and legal, compliance and risk management team has to take a hard look at your company’s risks and reassess and re-rank them. Initial Review Some basic business and technology risks will stay the...

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16 Feb, 2025

Episode 356 — Trump Administration Hits Pause on FCPA Enforcement

What happens when an entire era of anti-corruption enforcement is put on pause? Is this a strategic move to bolster American businesses or a dangerous rollback of corporate accountability? In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has hit the brakes on FCPA enforcement for at least 180 days, citing concerns over U.S. economic competitiveness and national security. In this episode of Corruption, Crime, and Compliance, Michael...

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13 Feb, 2025

Sifting Through the Rubble — What to Make of the Topsy-Turvey World of FCPA Enforcement? (Part V of V)

The dust is settling and for all the drama surrounding the Trump Administration’s refocus on FCPA enforcement, the picture is becoming a little bit clearer. When cooler heads prevail, it is much easier to pick through the relevant issues and prioritize the issues and analysis. First, we need to put this in perspective. From a much larger viewpoint, the FCPA pause has to be considered...

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12 Feb, 2025

New FCPA Guidance — What to Expect (Part IV of V)

As we continue through the maze of Executive Orders and new Guidance, which is expected in 180 days, the questions surrounding FCPA enforcement are swirling. In some respects, we have had a preview. It is hard to know what will happen beyond some basic points. Let’s start with last week’s memo issued by Attorney General Bondi, which was entitled — Total Elimination of Cartels and...

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11 Feb, 2025

Taking Stock of the FCPA Fallout (Part III of V)

What an amazing turn of events? — Who would have predicted that the Trump Administration would take such a bold action in the name of advancing “American Competitiveness.” I admit I did not see this coming — the Trump Administration during the first term had an aggressive record of FCPA enforcement. We all expected that to continue. Boardrooms, C-Suites and Legal/Compliance professionals are stunned. How...