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10 For 10

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, November 22, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance stories you need to know to end your busy week. Sit back, and in 10 minutes, hear about the stories every compliance professional should be aware of from the prior week. Every Saturday, 10 For 10 highlights the most important news, insights, and analysis for the compliance professional, all curated by the Voice of Compliance, Tom Fox. Get your weekly filling of compliance stories with 10 for 10, a podcast produced by the Compliance Podcast Network.

This week’s stories include:

  • The IMF says corruption costs Pakistan 6% of annual growth. (Reuters)
  • Larry Summers steps back from public life. (NYT)
  • Mexico is the biggest supplier and buyer. (NYT)
  • Right-wing EU lawmakers want a corruption inquiry opened. (Politico)
  • The Trump Administration is set to end whistleblower protection for federal employees. (Reuters)
  • Turning compliance into a competitive advantage. (CW)
  • Corruption in the CZ pardon. (Newsweek)
  • Will UBS relocate to America? (FT)
  • Fraud case against Adani in limbo. (NYT)
  • French police raid Altice re: corruption allegations. (Bloomberg)

You can check out the Daily Compliance News for four curated compliance and ethics-related stories each day, here.

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2 Gurus Talk Compliance

2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 64 – The Hardest Year Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s episode!

Stories this week include:

  • FCPA Enforcement Is Happening! – Radical Compliance – HERE
  • Where in the Loop? Testing AI Across 120 Compliance Tasks to Find Out Where Humans Are Most Needed – CCI – HERE
  • Charlie Javice Billed Hotels and Cellulite Butter as Legal Fees, JPMorgan Says – Wall Street Journal – HERE
  • General Counsel on Demand: Why High-Risk Sectors Are Embracing the Fractional Model – CCI – HERE
  • The $1tn Man tells workers 2026 will be the ‘hardest year.’ (BusinessInsider)
  • Top Ukrainian energy ministers resign. (AP)
  • Hundreds of thousands protest in the Philippines against corruption. (NPR) And protests rage in Mexico over corruption. (NYT)
  • They really don’t want to pay her attorney’s fees.  (WSJ)
  • The Lakers are being investigated in an NBA betting scandal.  (ESPN)
  • Florida man wearing ‘No, seriously, I have drugs’ T-shirt arrested for drug possession—The Week – HERE.

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: November 21, 2025, The Company You Keep Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world, compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • The IMF says corruption costs Pakistan 6% of its annual growth. (Reuters)
  • Larry Summers steps back from public life. (NYT)
  • Mexico is the biggest supplier and buyer. (NYT)
  • Criminal corruption in South Africa. (FT)

The Daily Compliance News has been honored as No. 2 in the Best Regulatory Compliance Podcasts category.

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ACI FCPA Conference 2025

ACI-FCPA Conference Speaker Preview Series – Matt Ellis on FCPA Enforcement in Mexico

In this episode of the ACI-FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Conference Speaker Podcasts series, Matt Ellis discusses his panel at the event, “The New FCPA Enforcement Focus in Mexico: A Look at How TCO/FTO Designations Could Impact Prosecutions, Coordination with U.S. Authorities, and the Risk Calculus for Businesses Operating There.”

Some of the issues the panel will discuss are:

  • The evolving enforcement landscape in Mexico.
  • The impact of FTO designations; and
  • Business risks and prosecutorial strategies going forward.

I hope you can join me at the ACI–FCPA Conference. This year’s event will take place on December 3-4 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The lineup of this year’s event is simply first-rate, featuring some of the top FCPA professionals, white-collar attorneys, and compliance practitioners in the field.

The 2025 program is being completely redesigned to help your organization stay agile, responsive, and ahead of the curve. Expect a dynamic agenda shaped by real-world priorities, practical takeaways, and the most cutting-edge thinking in compliance—led by a faculty of global practitioners with boots on the ground, encountering the very risks that come across your desk.

Please join me at the event. For information on the event, click here. Listeners of this podcast will receive a discount by using the code D10-999-CPN26.

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From the Editor's Desk

Compliance Week’s Reflections from August and Insights into September 2025

In this episode of ‘From The Editor’s Desk’ podcast, hosts Tom Fox and Aaron Nicodemus delve into key compliance issues featured in Compliance Week. They discuss the heightened risks for companies doing business in Mexico due to connections with cartels, recent enforcement actions stemming from these connections, and the Trump administration’s first FCPA bribery case. They also preview an upcoming case study on Lafarge’s operations in Syria and introduce new website features, including CW Connect, designed to foster meaningful conversations among compliance officers. Additionally, they highlight best practices and preview articles planned for National Compliance Officer Day.

Highlights include:

  • Top Compliance Stories in August 2025
  • Risks of Doing Business in Mexico
  • FCPA Enforcement Actions and Investigations
  • Upcoming Case Study on Lafarge
  • Website Redesign and New Features

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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: March 4, 2025, The So It Begins Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News—all from the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

Top stories include:

  • Trump eviscerates CTA. (WSJ)
  • Kroger CEO resigns after Board investigation. (NYT)
  • Students must learn to be the human in the loop. (FT)
  • Trump levies tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. Canada and China retaliate. (BBC)

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Daily Compliance News

August 4, 2022 the Bain Barred edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • What’s the cost of a data breach? (Third-Party Trust)
  • AG to investigate companies that evaluate ESG. (Reuters)
  • Bain was barred from working for the UK government. (FT)
  • Former Mexico President under investigation for money laundering. (France24)
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Daily Compliance News

July 27, 2022 the Mexico Addressing Corruption edition

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Is Mexico finally addressing corruption? (KRWG)
  • SEC won’t accept restrictions on Chinese audits. (Reuters)
  • KPMG fined by UK audit watchdog. (WSJ)
  • Kraken is under investigation for sanctions violations. (NYT)
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All Things Investigations

All Things Investigations: Episode 8 – ABC Enforcement in Mexico and Brazil with Diego Duran and Salim Saud

 

Welcome to the Hughes Hubbard Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations Practice Group’s Podcast, All Things Investigations. In this podcast, host Tom Fox and Diego Duran and Salim Saud of the Hughes Hubbard Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations Practice Group highlight some of the key legal issues involved in white collar and other investigations, both domestically and internationally. 

 

 

Diego Duran is a Hughes Hubbard partner and criminal defense attorney licensed to practice in some parts of the US and Mexico, where he spent several years working for one of its top boutique law firms. Salim Saud is an attorney and partner based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at Saud Advogados, in association with Hughes Hubbard. He specializes in anti-corruption and is also the coordinator of the Anti-Corruption Compliance practice at FGV.

Key areas we discuss on this podcast are:

  • The Mexican administration’s approach to anti-corruption investigation and enforcement.
  • Corporate criminal liability is a fairly recent concept in Mexican law.
  • Mexico’s National Digital Platform is anticipated to be a centralized database designed to host and process information about federal and state officials.
  • Brazil has two systems for anti-corruption enforcement; one is led by the CGU and AGU, and the other is led by the NPF.
  • Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on Brazilian anti-bribery and anti-corruption investigation and enforcement efforts. 
  • Highlights of Brazil’s recent regulations surrounding their anti-corruption law, the Clean Companies Act.

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Daily Compliance News

June 24, 2022 the Never the Same Edition


In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • DOJ creates unit with corporate expertise. (WSJ)
  • Nikola founder faces new fraud charges. (Reuters)
  • Why business after Ukraine will never be the same. (CCI)
  • Mexico and Brazil fall behind on ABC efforts. (BBC)