reign American Soil Increasingly Foreign Owned ... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z American Soil Increasingly Foreign Owned ... (Second column, 15th story, link) Full Article
reign Is it safe to travel to Spain? Latest Foreign Office advice regarding coronavirus By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-03-13T15:55:00Z Coronavirus: The symptoms Full Article
reign Queen Elizabeth style file: a look back over the fashion choices of our longest-reigning monarch By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-20T06:20:00Z As Queen Elizabeth II turns 94 today, we reminisce about her greatest-ever looks Full Article
reign Ex-Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri reveals 'conflicted' relationship with players during turbulent reign By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-17T20:01:00Z Maurizio Sarri has revealed how he shared a "conflicted relationship" with his Chelsea squad but admits he misses the Premier League, describing it as "extraordinary". Full Article
reign From foreign news to fashion, how our editors see the climate crisis By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2019-10-17T11:02:23Z Editors from across the Guardian explain how they are putting the climate emergency front and centreSupport Guardian journalism today, by making a single or recurring contribution, or subscribingThe climate crisis is a story that reaches every corner of the world and on the international news desk our team of correspondents report on it from around the globe. Continue reading... Full Article Membership Environment Climate change Climate change Science Fashion Life and style Food Business World news
reign Sony reveals new PlayStation 5 details that reignite the home console wars By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:43:49 -0400 In what would have been big news at the coronavirus-postponed Game Developer's Conference, Sony's streamed event, along with Microsoft's announcement, heats up the video game wars. Full Article
reign Canada turning to foreign airlines to bring home citizens stranded by pandemic By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 04:00:00 EDT Canada has enlisted the help of nearly a dozen foreign airlines to bring home thousands of Canadians stranded abroad in remote mountain regions, on secluded islands and in locked-down countries that Canadian carriers can't reach as the pandemic tightens its grip. Full Article News/Politics
reign Trump vows to reduce America’s reliance on foreign drug imports By www.pharmafile.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:12:58 +0000 President Donald Trump has vowed to cut the US’s reliance on foreign drugs, singling out China and Ireland as countries he wants to stop buying pharmaceuticals from. Full Article coronavirus COVID-19 Sales and Marketing
reign Foreign National Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Smuggling East Africans to the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:51:34 EST A Ghanian man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia for his role in smuggling East Africans into the United States. Mohammed Kamel Ibrahim, a/k/a Hakim, 27, a native of Ghana and naturalized citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of bringing aliens to the United States for profit. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Former Finance Director of California Valve Company Pleads Guilty to Bribing Foreign Government Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:06:06 EST The former finance director of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay approximately $628,000 in bribes to numerous foreign government officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Three Foreign Executives Indicted for Their Roles in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:03:02 EST A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment against two former executives from Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (Chunghwa) and one former executive from LG Display Co. Ltd. (LG) for their participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) panels. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Kellogg Brown & Root LLC Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges and Agrees to Pay $402 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:33:50 EST Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (KBR), a global engineering, construction and services company based in Houston, pleaded guilty today to charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts. The EPC contracts to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria, were valued at more than $6 billion. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Latin Node Inc., Pleads Guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violation and Agrees to Pay $2 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:49:11 EDT Latin Node Inc. (Latinode), a privately held Florida corporation, pleaded guilty today to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with improper payments in Honduras and Yemen. At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Courtney Huck in the Southern District of Florida, Latinode pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging a criminal violation of the FCPAs anti-bribery provisions. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Six Former Executives of California Valve Company Charged in $46 Million Foreign Bribery Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:43:58 EDT Six former executives of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company were charged today in connection with a conspiracy to secure contracts by paying bribes to officials of foreign state-owned companies as well as officers and employees of foreign and domestic private companies. The contracts resulted in net profits to the company of approximately $46.5 million. According to the indictment, the defendants allegedly engaged in a bribery conspiracy from approximately 1998 through 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Attorney General Eric Holder at the Semi-Annual Conference of the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) Resident Legal Advisors and Foreign Service Nationals By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:36:46 EDT "Helping foreign countries improve their criminal justice systems so they can cooperate more effectively with us and with their neighbors in real time is an important aspect of this department’s mission." Full Article Speech
reign Two Florida Businessmen Plead Guilty to Participating in a Conspiracy to Bribe Foreign Government Officials and Money Laundering By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 15 May 2009 15:55:04 EDT The president of a Miami-Dade County, Fla.,-based intermediary and the former controller of a Miami-Dade County-based telecommunications company both have pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in a conspiracy to pay and conceal more than $1 million in bribes to former Haitian government officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign United States Transfers Two Guantanamo Detainees to Foreign Nations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:53:39 EDT The Department today announced that one national of Iraq and one national of Chad have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to their home countries. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Helmerich & Payne Agrees to Pay $1 Million Penalty to Resolve Allegations of Foreign Bribery in South America By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:39:34 EDT Helmerich & Payne Inc. (H&P) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by H&P to government officials in Argentina and Venezuela in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Control Components Inc. Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges and Agrees to Pay $18.2 Million Criminal Fine By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:40:52 EDT Control Components Inc. (CCI), a Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based company, pleaded guilty today to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Travel Act in a decade-long scheme to secure contracts in approximately 36 countries by paying bribes to officials and employees of various foreign state-owned companies as well as foreign and domestic private companies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Canadian National Charged with Foreign Bribery and Paying Kickbacks Under the Oil for Food Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:23:36 EDT A Canadian citizen has been charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday for his alleged participation in an eight-year conspiracy to defraud the United Nations Oil for Food Program (OFFP) and to bribe Iraqi government officials in connection with the sale of a chemical additive used in the refining of leaded fuel. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Manager of Bogus Foreign Currency Exchange Ponzi Scheme Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:36:35 EDT Teresa Vogt, a resident of Anaheim, Calif., pleaded guilty on Sept. 15, 2009, to one count of obstruction of justice before U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fischer in Los Angeles. Vogt and eight co-defendants were indicted in May 2005 on tax fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and other charges related to the operation of the Genesis Fund. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Two Chicago Men Charged in Connection with Alleged Roles in Foreign Terror Plot That Focused on Targets in Denmark By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:37:31 EDT Two Chicago men have been arrested on federal charges for their alleged roles in conspiracies to provide material support and/or to commit terrorist acts against overseas targets. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Former Willbros International Consultant Pleads Guilty to $6 Million Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:53:21 EST A former consultant for Willbros International Inc. (WII), a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (Willbros), pleaded guilty today to engaging in a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million in bribes to government officials of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and officials from a Nigerian political party. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Statoil ASA Satisfies Obligations Under Deferred Prosecution Agreement and Foreign Bribery Charges Are Dismissed By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:12:25 EST After three years of satisfying obligations under a deferred prosecution agreement, the charges against Statoil ASA for violating the anti-bribery and accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) have been dismissed with prejudice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Two Foreign Nationals Sentenced for Roles in International Money Laundering Scheme Involving Online Sales By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:17:01 EST Two Bulgarian nationals have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for their roles as money launderers for a transnational criminal group based in Eastern Europe, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Chicagoan Charged with Conspiracy in 2008 Mumbai Attacks in Addition to Foreign Terror Plot in Denmark By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:33:33 EST A Chicago man who was arrested in October for planning terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper and two of its employees is alleged to have also conducted extensive surveillance of targets in Mumbai for more than two years preceding the November 2008 terrorist attack on India’s largest city that killed approximately 170 people, including six Americans, and injured hundreds more. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Two Florida Executives, One Florida Intermediary and Two Former Haitian Government Officials Indicted for Their Alleged Participation in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:15:38 EST Two Florida executives of a Miami-Dade County-based telecommunications company, the president of Florida-based Telecom Consulting Services Corp., and two former Haitian government officials were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged roles in a foreign bribery, wire fraud and money laundering scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Ohio Attorney Charged with Tax Fraud, Obstruction of Justice for Scheme to Hide Income and Assets Through Trusts and in Foreign Bank Account By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:04:05 EST Aristotle R. Matsa, an attorney in Columbus, Ohio, was charged with tax offenses, obstruction of justice and additional charges in a 20-count indictment unsealed today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign UTStarcom Inc. Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million Penalty for Acts of Foreign Bribery in China By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:57:59 EST UTStarcom Inc. (UTSI) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice, agreeing to pay a $1.5 million fine for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by providing travel and other things of value to foreign officials, specifically employees at state-owned telecommunications firms in the People’s Republic of China. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Twenty-Two Executives and Employees of Military and Law Enforcement Products Companies Charged in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:51:54 EST The 16 indictments unsealed today represent the largest single investigation and prosecution against individuals in the history of DOJ’s enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Former Willbros International Executives Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in $6 Million Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:19:20 EST Two former executives of Willbros International Inc. (WII), a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (Willbros), were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million in bribes to government officials of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and officials from a Nigerian political party. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:02 EST The president of a Miami-Dade County, Fla.,-based company pleaded guilty today to engaging in monetary transactions involving property derived from a scheme to bribe former Haitian government officials. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Former Haitian Government Official Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:10:17 EST "Today’s guilty plea represents another important milestone in our ongoing effort to tackle overseas corruption," said Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. "The message here is simple: Whether you are located in the United States or elsewhere, we will not allow U.S. financial institutions to be used as a vehicle for laundering illicit proceeds." Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Daimler AG and Three Subsidiaries Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agree to Pay $93.6 Million in Criminal Penalties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:50:16 EDT Daimler AG, a German corporation, and three of its subsidiaries have resolved charges related to a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation into the company’s worldwide sales practices. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Virginia Resident Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Bribing Foreign Government Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:21:53 EDT Charles Paul Edward Jumet of Fluvanna County, Va., was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for paying bribes to former Panamanian government officials to secure maritime contracts, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and for making a false statement to federal agents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Foreign National Pleads Guilty for Role in International Money Laundering Scheme Involving More Than $1.4 Million in Losses to Victims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 May 2010 18:09:09 EDT A Bulgarian national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for his role in laundering money for a transnational criminal group based in Eastern Europe. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Department of Justice Recovers More Than $40 Million in Fraud Proceeds from Foreign Ponzi Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:39:03 EDT The Department of Justice has recovered more than $40.2 million in fraud proceeds from a $1 billion Ponzi scheme and is working with the Japanese Ministry of Justice to return the forfeited fraud proceeds to the victims in Japan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Former Haitian Government Official Sentenced to Prison for His Role in Money Laundering Conspiracy Related to Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:46:50 EDT Robert Antoine, 62, of Miami and Haiti, was also ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Mansfield, Texas, Man Pleads Guilty to Commodities Fraud Involving Foreign Currency Trading Ponzi Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:11:01 EDT Ray M. White, 51, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney in Dallas to a criminal information charging him with one count of commodities fraud, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Virginia Resident Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Bribing Foreign Government Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:01:52 EDT John Webster Warwick, a Virginia Beach, Va., resident, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., to 37 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to former Panamanian government officials to secure maritime contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Technip S.A. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $240 Million Criminal Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:36:23 EDT Technip S.A., a global engineering, construction and services company based in Paris, has agreed to pay a $240 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Italian Executive Extradited from Germany to the United States to Face Foreign Bribery Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:11:14 EDT Italian citizen Flavio Ricotti, a former executive of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based valve company Control Components Inc. (CCI), has been extradited to the United States from Germany in connection with his alleged participation in a conspiracy to secure contracts by paying bribes to officials of foreign state-owned companies as well as officers and employees of foreign and domestic private companies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $240 Million Criminal Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:14:11 EDT Snamprogetti Netherlands B.V., has agreed to pay a $240 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Florida Businessman Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Role in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:29:59 EDT A Miami businessman was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to pay bribes to former officials of the Republic of Haiti. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign North Carolina Businessman Pleads Guilty to Role in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:28:33 EDT A former Kyrgyzstan country manager for a U.S. tobacco company has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to officials of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Alliance One International Inc. and Universal Corporation Resolve Related FCPA Matters Involving Bribes Paid to Foreign Government Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 12:45:32 EDT Two foreign subsidiaries of Alliance One International Inc., a global tobacco leaf merchant headquartered in Morrisville, N.C., pleaded guilty today to violating various provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign New York Merchant Bank Pleads Guilty to FCPA Violation; Bank Chairman Pleads Guilty to Failing to Disclose Control of Foreign Bank Account By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 18:23:57 EDT – The Mercator Corporation, a merchant bank with offices in New York, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Manhattan, N.Y., to one count of making an unlawful payment to a senior government official of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Fraud in Foreign Labor Contracting Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:14:36 EDT Andrew Cole pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy and fraud in foreign labor contracting charges arising from his role in a criminal enterprise that engaged in numerous criminal activities, including forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion and money laundering. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign Former Nexus Technologies Inc. Employees and Partner Sentenced for Roles in Foreign Bribery Scheme Involving Vietnamese Officials By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:16:09 EDT Three former employees and a partner of Nexus Technologies Inc., a Philadelphia-based company, were sentenced late yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to bribe officials of the Vietnamese government in exchange for lucrative contracts to supply equipment and technology to Vietnamese government agencies, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
reign ABB Ltd and Two Subsidiaries Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Will Pay $19 Million in Criminal Penalties By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:15:18 EDT ABB Ltd’s U.S. subsidiary, ABB Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA and one count of conspiracy to violating these provisions of the FCPA. The court imposed a sentence that included a criminal fine of $17.1 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases