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Nicolai Behr is a compliance and dispute resolution attorney in Baker & McKenzie’s Munich office. He is a member of the steering committee of GlobalComplianceNews, a compliance news website with global reach moderated by Baker & McKenzie. He is a member of the committee "International" of the German Institute for Compliance. Dr. Behr is a regular speaker on compliance and white collar topics.

On 11 August 2014, a Shanghai Court sentenced two Corporate Investigators to two and a half years imprisonment. Peter Humphrey and his wife, Yu Yingzeng, were held guilty of stealing and selling personal information for profit once they confessed having obtained private information on Chinese citizens by illegal means. Together…

According to an article published by Spanish newspaper El País on May 12, 2014 the Spanish government is to create an extensive database monitoring Spanish bank accounts. The administration is following the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 by initiative of the…

21 May 2014 – On 1 January 2014, the Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee, signed a new anti-corruption legislation (lokpal bill) which will enhance the country’s capacities to combat corruption. This new piece of legislation creates an ombudsman who will be vested with the powers to prosecute politician, ministers and civil…

May 19, 2014 – The standing working group compliance of the Federation of German Corporations’ General Counsel (Bundesverband der Unternehmensjuristen, “BuJ”) has proposed a draft bill on corporate compliance. The working group’s proposal comprises a general obligation to compliance for all companies that operate in Germany. Together with the widely…

On 11 March, 2014, Transparency International reported that the Haitian Parliament passed a comprehensive anti-corruption law, thereby putting an end to a long-lasting legislative process. From the very beginning, non-governmental organizations were asked to provide input for the new anti-corruption law. As such, the enacted rules are based on Transparency…