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Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Reacting against the Magnitsky Act signed into law by President Obama last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin should ban adoption of Russian babies by Americans.… Continue Reading
First we looked at the corruption perceptions index ranking of the top 25 oil producing countries.
Then we looked at gold producers.
Now we’re looking at the top ten coffee producers, with their CPI rank in parentheses:
1) Brazil (69)
2) Vietnam (123)
3) Colombia (94)
4) Indonesia (118)
5) India (94)
6) Ethiopia (113)
7) Honduras (133)
8) Peru (83)
9) Guatemala (113)
10) Mexico (105)
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Their average rank on the CPI is 105, much worse than the gold producers at 88, and the oil producers at 90.… Continue Reading
As we near the end of 2012, it is appropriate to reflect back on some of the things which have occurred over the past 12 months.
In the FCPA enforcement world, it has been quite a significant year.… Continue Reading
At a hearing last week before a federal judge in Argentina, Siemens’ former CFO there said a request by the United States to extradite him on FCPA charges should be denied.… Continue Reading