by Red Scribble | Dec 26, 2025 | Governance
The ContextOn 24 November 2025, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a $4,677,552 civil penalty on a US individual investor. The individual, acting through a real estate company, knowingly mortgaged, renovated, and sold a blocked property owned by a...
by Red Scribble | Dec 26, 2025 | Governance
The ContextIn April 2022, a worker at ME Jukes & Son in Gisborne was killed after becoming trapped in a waste shredder. In 2025, Judge Warren Cathcart found the company guilty of a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. The specific fine is pending,...
by Red Scribble | Dec 26, 2025 | Integrity
The ContextIn December 2025, the International Foreign Bribery Taskforce (IFBT)—comprising the Five Eyes intelligence alliance—published its first harmonised ‘Indicators of Foreign Bribery’ guidance. This consolidates decades of investigative experience...
by Red Scribble | Dec 26, 2025 | Governance
The ContextIn June 2025, the Privacy Commissioner cleared Foodstuffs North Island’s facial recognition trial, which scanned 226 million faces across 25 stores. The system generated 1,742 alerts. Six months later, a woman in Rotorua was misidentified and removed from a...
by Red Scribble | Dec 26, 2025 | Integrity
The ContextIn June 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to seize $7.74 million in cryptocurrency linked to a North Korean money laundering network. This was not a simple hack. The funds were generated by a sophisticated scheme where North Korean operatives,...