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Ottawa, ON – Fraudulent phone calls are on the rise and the people making these calls are using increasingly sophisticated methods to carry out their schemes.

After a string of charges laid against individuals relating to SNC-Lavalin projects in Libya, Bangladesh, and Montreal, these are the first Canadian charges to be laid against the company itself.

As the Government of Canada combats corrupt business practices at home and abroad, compliance with anti-corruption legislation is increasingly a focus for Canadian businesses.

Global Affairs Canada has just announced that the repeal of the facilitation payment exception in the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act ("CFPOA") is now in effect (as of October 31, 2017).

Use of DPAs became available to designated prosecutors in the UK for various corporate offences including fraud

On October 5, 2023, the federal government launched the Consultation on Cracking Down on Predatory Lending Faster by Further Lowering the Criminal Rate of Interest and Increasing Access...

The Canadian government has repealed the exemption for "facilitation payments" that has been contained in the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act since it was enacted in 1998.

On January 22, 2013, Griffiths Energy International Inc. (GEI), a privately held oil and gas company based in Calgary, plead guilty to bribery charges under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA).

It's official: as of October 31, 2017, "facilitation payments" contravene Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA).

According to the RCMP's press release, the latest round of corruption charges (the first against SNC-Lavalin itself) relate to alleged illegal activities over a 10 year period from August 16, 2001 to September 20, 2011...

The Law Society of Upper Canada v Abbott, 2017 ONCA 525, holds that delay in initiating investigatory and disciplinary proceedings does not necessarily justify a reduction in sanction.

This primer provides a comprehensive overview of Canada's foreign corrupt practices regime including recent developments, cases of note and risk mitigation strategies.

Production orders under the Criminal Code are powerful investigative tools used by law enforcement to compel documents from organizations that are not themselves under investigation.

In a contest between two innocent creditors over the proceeds of shares credited to an investment account which were traceable to fraudulently obtained funds, the Supreme Court of Canada held in favour of the Bank of Montreal ("BMO"), a secured creditor.

On October 31, 2017, the Government of Canada eliminated the facilitation payment exception from the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (the "CFPOA").

The U.K. Serious Frauds Office (the SFO) on July 8, 2016 obtained its second deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).

The recent decision in R v Scholz, 2020 BCPC 120, serves as a reminder that white collar crimes, which are often said to "fly under the radar", are continuing to be aggressively prosecuted.