Topic: International cooperation

A senior official at Hong Kong’s securities regulator said the agency is working more closely with local and international partners to tackle market misconduct. 

03 September 2024

The UK’s foreign office has received new powers to sanction people or companies that provide financial services to parties that support or benefit from the Russian government, months after the US introduced powers to target foreign banks for similar reasons. 

30 August 2024

“If the CFTC continues to take this approach to global commodity markets, how can any business continue to operate without an investigation hanging over their head?” asked a CFTC commissioner who disagreed with the decision to fine TotalEnergies Trading. 

28 August 2024

The agency is trying to convince foreign-headquartered companies of the benefits of cooperating with US authorities, former acting deputy attorney general Ed O’Callaghan told GIR in an interview upon joining Cahill Gordon & Reindel. 

16 August 2024

12 August 2024

Featured in The Asia-Pacific Investigations Review 2025

Law enforcement is becoming more internationalised in response to the rapidly evolving nature of transnational, serious and organised crime. Australian government agencies and regulators are adapting by driving international collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as investing more domestic resources in global investigations. 

05 August 2024

Prosecutors say the former finance minister accepted bribes from a shipbuilding company to approve government projects for the tuna fishing industry and then defrauded investors by laundering the money through the international financial system.

16 July 2024

Asante Berko, who was charged by US prosecutors for bribing Ghanaian officials to help a Turkish energy company secure a permit to build a power plant, recently lost an appeal against his extradition from the UK. 

16 July 2024

The chair of Malaysia’s 1MDB asset recovery task force reportedly said a recent US settlement with the fugitive financier is separate from Malaysia’s efforts to bring him to justice.

11 July 2024

Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court has ruled that Swiss prosecutors can rely on the testimony of an ex-Trafigura executive at the foreign bribery trial of his former employer.

28 June 2024