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Former Braskem CEO sentenced to 20 months in prison for foreign bribery scheme

October 14, 2021 A Brazilian man who previously served as the chief executive officer of Braskem was sentenced in the Eastern District of New York to 20 months in prison for a scheme to divert hundreds of millions of dollars from Braskem into a secret slush fund and to pay bribes to government officials, political parties, and others in Brazil.

Nissan and its middle eastern subsidiary found diverting profits from its partner for a decade

October 14, 2021 Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Nissan Middle East have been charged to pay in excess of AED 1.3 billion (including interest) to the Partner \"Al Dahana FZCO\" in a landmark ruling in the case filed by the latter.

Russia: Facebook failed to voluntary pay $360k fines

October 11, 2021 The Tagansky District Court of Moscow has forwarded to the Federal Bailiff Service an order for the enforced recovery of 26 million rubles ($360,000) imposed on Facebook as fines for refusal to delete banned content, the court’s press service has told RAPSI.

Netherlands imposes fines for price fixing agreements involving purchase of used cooking oil

October 11, 2021 The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed fines, totaling almost 4 million euros, on two major collectors of used cooking oil, for making cartel agreements regarding the purchase of used cooking oil.

Connecticut announces approval of $310 million in settlements to benefit purchasers of DRAM memory chips, products

October 8, 2021 Attorney General George Jepsen announced that consumers can now file claims to recover money due to federal court preliminary approval of multistate antitrust settlements worth $310 million with all the major manufacturers of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) computer chips for conspiring to fix their prices.

Labour in vineyards and farms checked across Europe, 269 possible victims of exploitation identified

October 6, 2021 Between 09 and 16 September 2021, Europol supported Europe-wide coordinated action days against human trafficking for labour exploitation in the agricultural sector.

Ransomware gang arrested in Ukraine

October 6, 2021 Ransomware gang was arrested in Ukraine with Europol’s support.

VAT fraud with cash registers uncovered in Germany

October 6, 2021 The German Tax Office for Investigation and Criminal Matters (Finanzamt für Fahndung und Strafsachen) and the Italian Finance Corps (Guardia di Finanza), supported by Europol, dismantled an organised crime group involved in VAT fraud through the manipulation of cash registers.

$1.05 million fine for seafood company owner behind Chatham Islands illegal fishing operation

October 6, 2021 A seafood company owner in New Zealand has been fined heavily for a commercial scam responsible for almost $1 million worth of black market pāua and crayfish from the Chatham Islands.

UK SFO says bribery probe continues after Petrofac fine

October 5, 2021 Petrofac Limited has been ordered to pay GBP 77 million after the SFO secured further convictions in its investigation into bribery and corruption at the Jersey-registered energy services company.

Finland: Nearly EUR 1,9 million in penalty payments imposed on 6 companies operating in Turku public transport

October 4, 2021 Based on investigations of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA), six companies operating in Turku subregion public transport services had, through their joint ventures, submitted three joint tenders that were in breach of the Competition Act in the competitive tendering process for public transport services in this area (Föli).

Netherlands fines Samsung over 39 million euros for influencing the online prices of television sets

October 4, 2021 The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposes a fine of over 39 million euros on Samsung Electronics Benelux.