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In 2022, firms spent more than $700 billion on outsourcing. Global outsourcing spending might reach $731 billion in 2023, with IT services contributing up to 72% of total global outsourced valuations.

This compendium consolidates all the relevant notifications and circulars pertaining to Anti-Corruption, White Collar Crimes & Investigations, which has been circulated during the calendar period from January 2024 till June 2024.

Imagine waking up to a phone call from a stranger who claims to be a police officer. They speak with such authority and confidence that you have no reason to doubt them. The words "You are under investigation" and "We have flagged your online activity" send a chill down your spine. Panic sets in as the voice on the other end of the line demands that you provide payment immediately to avoid arrest.

Money laundering in the banking sector has been a recurring motif in India for over a century. The earliest known forms of bank frauds include, amongst other things, forging of instruments, accounting irregularities and inflation of assets.

Financial institutes play a vital role in the upliftment of the economy of any country as they are managers of the most powerful instrument that helps in the functioning of the whole economy, i.e., money.

The term "interlocutory order" is a term that has no lack of well-known legal significance and appears to present no complex difficulty.

In a landmark decision the Supreme Court of India has expressly removed allegations of fraud as a bar to refer parties to foreign seated arbitrations.

Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC") was introduced in 1983 and the statement of objects and reasons explained that (a) the increasing number of dowry deaths...

"Nullum tempus occurrit regi", which originated in the 1250s, was first used by Bracton in his De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae.

The enactment of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (“BNSS”) in 2023 signals a paradigm shift in India’s criminal procedural framework, aimed to enhance the efficiency, integrity, and responsiveness of the criminal justice system. Effective from 1 July 2024, the BNSS replaces the previously governing Code of Criminal Procedure (“CrPC”) of 1973. This new legislation introduces a range of reforms, including the integration of technology in trial processes, the provision for trial in absentia, zero FIR, and e-FIR, all aimed at streamlining the criminal justice procedures.

The general misconception that often plagues the citizenry of this nation is that the powers and authority of the Police Department are unfettered and untrammeled.

A company, in the eyes of law, is a separate legal person. But unlike an individual, it cannot think, speak or act on its own. Every corporate decision is ultimately taken by people—directors...

In August 2024, an auditing firm was fined USD 19,500,000 (US Dollars nineteen million five hundred thousand) by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA")...

In the US, DPAs are often negotiated by prosecutors with limited judicial involvement.

In line with its objective to bring clarity in scope and transparency in procedural framework, SEBI has revamped its existing consent order framework.

Since the dawn of time, man has had a drive for accumulating wealth. Means were considered essential in the good old times.

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant and far-reaching judgment, has reaffirmed the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship and curtailed investigative agencies' powers...