11/23/2007
Solicitor 'helped convict to launder £28m'
A corrupt solicitor allegedly helped to launder £28m of "dirty money" from a bootlegging empire run by a jailed gangster from his cell
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11/22/2007
PwC Luxembourg Podcast series: To the Point
PwC Luxembourg put online very some interesting videos on topics that are explained by its experts.
There are currently 3 podcasts with two speakers.
John Parkhouse, Leader of the Investment Management and Real Estate Practice at PwC Luxembourg, tells about the results of this years' Fund Manager MiFID Survey and the results and analysis of the Alternative Investment Survey 2007.
Mark Evans, Fund Distribution Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers Luxembourg, tells about some of the key trends impacting the distribution of cross-border funds now and over the next couple of years.
As supporting material, a pdf file is provided.
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11/21/2007
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions by member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) : ten-year anniversary
21 November 2007 marks the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions by member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
According to Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-Genera, "It is one thing to enact laws, and another to enforce them. That is why we put a strong emphasis on monitoring and evaluating implementation (...) The ten years of the Anti-Bribery Convention offer no reason for complacency. Much more needs to be done. Sadly, rather than being more ambitious, some countries are sliding back on their determination. Some are still holding back on implementing the Convention. They have almost no investigations. They have brought no cases to court. They are not being pro-active"
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Opening Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General at the the Tenth Anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
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