Global compliance officers today are well aware that ESG risks have been a moving target over the last few years. Global human rights guidance has shifted from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, while regulations addressing environmental and social governance issues have become more difficult to track, depending on your industry sector or business operations.

In December 2025, I wrote about my discussion with Daniel Haberly, an expert in illicit financial flows based at the University of Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption (CSC), regarding how to map the networks that facilitate flows of corrupt funds around the world. In this second piece from our conversation, I drill down into his 2023 paper Corruption, Shell Companies, and Financial Secrecy: Providing an Evidence Base for Anti-Corruption Policy...

On January 13, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Idaho and West Virginia can ban transgender athletes from women’s school sports teams. While the Court will address whether such bans discriminate based on sex in violation of Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) isn’t waiting for an answer. It is already enforcing Title IX as requiring such bans, threatening over $300 billion in federal grants to coerce co

For more than two decades, TRACE has brought compliance and risk professionals together for a two-day gathering where members hear directly from enforcement agencies, compliance experts and each other, share best practices, discuss emerging compliance challenges, benchmark with their peers, and stay on top of the latest regulatory developments and enforcement trends worldwide.

Training can often seem like the dreaded task to complete at the end of the year and avoid for the rest of the year. But training can, and should, be a way to improve and move forward within an employee's lifecycle and should be seen not as a burden, but as an opportunity. These next few paragraphs will share insights and tips in to how to create training programs that can guide learners to new skillsets and generate new ideas, making training a part of the culture and mindse

When a city is selected to host the FIFA World Cup, the announcement is framed as a civic triumph. Officials point to global visibility, tourism, and long-term economic benefits. Renderings of upgraded stadiums and revitalized neighbourhoods are flashed to the media. The message is clear: hosting is an investment; the payoff will follow.