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At Transparency International-USA’s Annual Integrity Award Dinner last night in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a rousing defense of the FCPA and current enforcement efforts.
During her remarks she said:
… Continue ReadingAnd of course, this Administration, like those before us, has taken a strong stand when it comes to American companies bribing foreign officials.
Even for defendants who are ultimately acquitted, federal criminal prosecutions leave behind a scorched earth of ruined reputations, shattered health, broken families, and drained bank accounts.
With that in mind, Professor Mike Koehler, left, published a paper in this week’s Bloomberg Criminal Law Reporter that talks about the DOJ’s string of losses in recent FCPA trials.… Continue Reading
An anti-corruption activist in Burundi was jailed last month for saying some magistrates won their jobs by bribing Justice Ministry officials.
Faustin Ndikumana, left, is the president of an anti-corruption group called Parole et Action pour le Réveil des Consciences et l’Evolution des Mentalités (PARCEM).… Continue Reading