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India Business Law Journal talks to Nick Panes and John Bray, directors of risk consultancy Control Risks, about managing compliance with Indian and international anti-corruption legislation

On 30 January, thousands of anti-corruption demonstrators took to India’s streets. Led by a group of non-governmental organizations under the banner “India Against Corruption”, they called for stronger anti-corruption laws following a spate of recent scandals, such as those that tainted the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the country’s telecommunications sector.

“The rot is in the political structure,” said politician Rahul Gandhi just one day before the protests took place.

Earlier in the month, leading members of India’s business community, including Bimla Jalan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Azim Premji, the chairman of WIPRO; and Deepak Parekh, the chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation, wrote an open letter to the Hindustan Times expressing their concerns over deteriorating values in the country. In the letter, the signatories highlighted corruption as “the biggest issue corroding the fabric of the nation”.

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Nick Panes is the director of corporate investigations for India at Control Risks. John Bray is the director of analysis at the company and the lead specialist on anti-corruption policy issues.

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