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Every year, ever more companies and their employees across the world are prosecuted for bribery in international business transactions by the U.S. law enforcement authorities. These investigations are often used with the aim to not only counter corruption but also as a means of international competition. The ways to mitigate these risks have been discussed in a round table hosted by the Higher School of Economics Universit. The keynote speaker of the event was Mr. Frédérique Pierucci, a former top manager of the French company Alstom, who had been arrested and served a long-term imprisonment in the United States and, after his release, made considerable efforts to improve the French anti-corruption legislation.

Research on systematization of laws, anti-corruption regulation of corporate activities, corruption in sport and procurement, forfeiture of property of third parties and fiduciary management, creation of the first online courses in the Russian language for the International Anti-Corruption Academy, development of the Anti-Corruption Portal and digital databases of case law are the key outcomes of the activities of the Anti-Corruption Centre of the Higher School of Economics University in 2021.

On December 13th to 17th, the 9th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (CoSP9) was held. 

The course entitled “Handling Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector” examines the key elements that should be taken into consideration when developing/reforming a domestic conflict-of-interest regulation system, illustrated by examples of approaches adopted by different jurisdictions.