Country Count for the Top Ten list (April 2021)

We’ve tabulated all countries reported in connection with the ten enforcement actions that comprise the latest FCPA Blog Top Ten list. Twenty-six different countries appear. Four of those countries are mentioned three times, and three appear twice.

Here are the countries reported in enforcement actions on the latest Top Ten list:

1. 1. China (3)
   2. Indonesia (3)
   3. Saudi Arabia (3)
   4. Uzbekistan (3)
   5. Malaysia (2)
   6. Taiwan (2)
   7. Vietnam (2)
   8. Argentina
   9. Austria
   10. Bangladesh
   11. Brazil
   12. Djibouti
   13. Germany
   14. Ghana
   15. Iraq
   16. Israel
   17. Kazakhstan
   18. Kuwait
   19. Libya
   20. Mexico
   21. Nigeria
   22. Russia
   23. Sri Lanka
   24. The Bahamas
   25. Tunisia
   26. Venezuela

Here is the latest list of the ten biggest FCPA cases of all time based on penalties and disgorgement assessed in the U.S. enforcement documents:

1. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.: $3.3 billion in 2020
2. Airbus SE: $2.09 billion in 2020
3. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras: $1.78 billion in 2018
4. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson: $1.06 billion in 2019
5. Telia Company AB: $1.01 billion in 2017
6. MTS: $850 million in 2019
7. Siemens: $800 million in 2008
8. VimpelCom: $795 million in 2016
9. Alstom: $772 million in 2014
10. Société Générale S.A.: $585 million in 2018

All research courtesy of FCPA Blog+.