Fernando Cevallos: For Latin America, ISO 37001 brings needed compliance credibility


I live in Mexico City and work in Mexico and Latin America. Here's what ISO 37001 looks like from my perspective.
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I live in Mexico City and work in Mexico and Latin America. Here's what ISO 37001 looks like from my perspective.
You might not immediately spot the link between the deadly Tianjin explosion in China, the million-dollar La Linea scandal in Guatemala, and the investigations against the giant American company Walmart, all in 2015. The link? Corruption in customs.
Former Guatemala vice president Roxana Baldetti allegedly took half of the payoffs from businesses who bribed the government to evade customs duties, prosecutors said in court this week.
Here are highlights about Latin American corruption, enforcement, and compliance through July 2015.
Here are highlights about Latin American corruption, enforcement, and compliance through June 2015.
Here are highlights from Latin America in connection with corruption, enforcement, and compliance through May 2015.
Former El Salvador president Francisco Flores has turned himself in to authorities to face embezzlement and illicit enrichment charges related to a donation by the government of Taiwan.
Alfonso Portillo, former president of Guatemala, courtesy of Diario de Centero America, via YouTubeU.S. prosecutors asked a federal judge Monday to sentence former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to almost six years in jail following Portillo's admission to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan.