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corruption crime compliance bribery fcpa aml home about the blog volkov law tv events podcast books archives pay online the volkov law group llc volkov law group blog featured articles general 4 aug 2026 cartel terrorism designations are quietly rewriting corporate risk in latin america a significant shift in u s enforcement policy is underway and most companies operating in mexico brazil and elsewhere in latin america have not yet fully absorbed what it means for them over the past year and a half the government has moved major cartels and organized criminal networks onto the same legal footing as international terrorist organizations that reclassification is not a symbolic gesture it general podcasts 4 aug 2026 should compliance programs relax when doj enforcement slows down when it comes to doj enforcement the pendulum swings and it always returns don t let it knock you off your feet i ve been watching the headlines and so have you fewer corporate guilty pleas non prosecution agreements for alibaba and eagle bank charges dropped against boeing and halkbank from turkey the word from main justice is hold individuals accountable go easier on companies i get why general 3 aug 2026 an entity list name a fake email and a guilty plea what the shevlyakov case tells export compliance teams the guilty plea entered by estonian national andrey shevlyakov is a useful reminder of just how far the justice department is willing to reach geographically and procedurally to prosecute export control evasion tied to the russian military shevlyakov who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit export violations has agreed to pay a 1 5 million fine and faces up to 40 years in prison for his podcasts 2 aug 2026 episode 438 the fight to save the corporate transparency act an urgent update in this update episode of corruption crime and compliance michael volkov speaks with erica hanichak of the fact coalition and frank russo of modern fortis about the current fight over the corporate transparency act the 2021 law requiring companies to report their beneficial owners to a secure treasury department database in order to close off the u s s longstanding status as an easy jurisdiction for setting general 29 jul 2026 doj s corporate leniency wave fewer charges for companies and continued focus on individuals a clear pattern has emerged in justice department corporate enforcement over the past several months and it is worth compliance officers and general counsel taking notice companies are being charged far less often even in cases where prosecutors believed executives or managers were personally involved in the underlying wrongdoing and that reduced corporate exposure has not been matched by a corresponding increase in individual prosecutions general 4 aug 2026 cartel terrorism designations are quietly rewriting corporate risk in latin america a significant shift in u s enforcement policy is underway and most companies operating in mexico brazil and elsewhere in latin america have not yet fully absorbed what it means for them over the past year and a half the government has moved major cartels and organized criminal networks onto the same legal footing as international terrorist organizations that reclassification is not a symbolic gesture it general podcasts 4 aug 2026 should compliance programs relax when doj enforcement slows down when it comes to doj enforcement the pendulum swings and it always returns don t let it knock you off your feet i ve been watching the headlines and so have you fewer corporate guilty pleas non prosecution agreements for alibaba and eagle bank charges dropped against boeing and halkbank from turkey the word from main justice is hold individuals accountable go easier on companies i get why general 3 aug 2026 an entity list name a fake email and a guilty plea what the shevlyakov case tells export compliance teams the guilty plea entered by estonian national andrey shevlyakov is a useful reminder of just how far the justice department is willing to reach geographically and procedurally to prosecute export control evasion tied to the russian military shevlyakov who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit export violations has agreed to pay a 1 5 million fine and faces up to 40 years in prison for his podcasts 2 aug 2026 episode 438 the fight to save the corporate transparency act an urgent update in this update episode of corruption crime and compliance michael volkov speaks with erica hanichak of the fact coalition and frank russo of modern fortis about the current fight over the corporate transparency act the 2021 law requiring companies to report their beneficial owners to a secure treasury department database in order to close off the u s s longstanding status as an easy jurisdiction for setting general 29 jul 2026 doj s corporate leniency wave fewer charges for companies and continued focus on individuals a clear pattern has emerged in justice department corporate enforcement over the past several months and it is worth compliance officers and general counsel taking notice companies are being charged far less often even in cases where prosecutors believed executives or managers were personally involved in the underlying wrongdoing and that reduced corporate exposure has not been matched by a corresponding increase in individual prosecutions podcasts 29 jul 2026 episode 437 where your cco reports tells me everything the quiet backslide in compliance reporting michael volkov examines a troubling backslide in corporate governance the quiet movement of chief compliance officers back under the general counsel after years of progress toward direct ceo reporting lines michael explains why the cco s reporting structure is the single clearest signal a company sends about the value it places on compliance shaping whether compliance influences business strategy at the design stage or is general podcasts 28 jul 2026 is a quiet compliance hotline really good news in the compliance world no news is not good news let me ask you a question every cco should be asking right now are your employees actually reporting and using your hotline to report legitimate concerns too many compliance officers look at a quiet hotline and breathe a sigh of relief no calls no complaints must mean everything s fine i m here to tell you that s general 27 jul 2026 the quiet backslide when compliance retreats into the legal department in my last post i made the affirmative case for cco empowerment a direct reporting line to the ceo and a dotted line to the audit committee today i want to address the disturbing counter trend companies moving compliance back under the general counsel often justified as cost discipline or organizational simplification make no mistake about what this movement represents it is a retreat from general 27 jul 2026 the scoular company fcpa resolution part 3 lessons learned parts 1 and 2 of this series covered the terms of the scoular company s deferred prosecution agreement and the mechanics of the bribery scheme itself a six year pattern of 2 000 payments per train dressed up as reinspection fees paid through customs brokers to keep contaminated agricultural shipments moving across the u s mexico border in this final installment we draw out the practical lessons for compliance officers general 27 jul 2026 the scoular company fcpa resolution part 2 inside the scheme and the control failures that enabled it in part 1 of this series we outlined the terms of the scoular company s deferred prosecution agreement and how doj applied its corporate enforcement and voluntary self disclosure policy to the case in part 2 we go deeper into the facts themselves because the mechanics of this scheme and the specific control gaps that allowed it to run for six years are exactly the kind of page 1 of 403 1 2 3 4 5 10 20 30 last follow watch the latest webinars on volkov law tv listen to the corruption crime compliance podcast should compliance 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