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Posts Tagged: Proclamation 7750

Compliance officers take note: White House affirms anti-graft priorities

Richard L. Cassin February 11, 2015

President Barack Obama issued a National Security Strategy Friday, the first one since 2010 and only the second from his administration.

The NSS is important. It sets the agenda for the executive branch of the government — the DOJ and SEC, the State Department, the Commerce Department, the Treasury Department, and so on — and it signals foreign policy priorities to Congress.… Continue Reading

Hungary protesters: ‘Fire our tax collector the Americans call corrupt’

Anita Komuves November 18, 2014

Ildikó Vida, chief of Hungary’s tax authorityMore than 10,000 Hungarians protested in front of the national Parliament in Budapest Monday evening. Besides expressing their anger toward Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, their main demand was that the head of the tax authority, Ildikó Vida, resign.… Continue Reading

Hungary demands evidence following U.S. ban on officials and businessmen

Anita Komuves October 20, 2014

Chargé d’Affaires M. André Goodfriend (Embassy photo by Attila Németh)The United States imposed a travel ban on ten Hungarian officials and businessmen, the Hungarian media reported Friday morning. By early afternoon chargé d’affaires of the U.S.… Continue Reading

The price for impunity is higher than ever

Richard L. Cassin October 4, 2013

If Western governments sounded frustrated with Kenya’s leaders after last week’s attack at the Westgate mall, they had good reason.

The link between corruption and terrorism became clear after 9/11. So it wouldn’t have been hard to predict disastrous results eventually flowing from Kenya’s impunity.… Continue Reading

Will we see coordinated enforcement of the FCPA and PATRIOT Act?

Andrew Reichardt March 20, 2013

Since 9/11, a great deal of attention has been given to the ways in which anti-bribery laws can combat terrorist financing.

In the United States through measures such as Presidential Proclamation 7750 and abroad in countries such as the U.K.… Continue Reading

The biggest anti-corruption story of 2012

Richard L. Cassin December 31, 2012

U.S. Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, co-sponsored the Magnitsky ActPresident Obama signed into law in December the Magnitsky Act. It targets travel and economic sanctions against those responsible for the jailing and death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.… Continue Reading

From the U.K., calls for transparency in visa bans

Richard L. Cassin October 23, 2012

Members of the U.K. parliament are trying to force the government there to publicly disclose the names of human rights abusers who have been denied entry into the country.

According to a news release from the Hermitage Fund, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee recommended disclosure of visa bans after hearing evidence from Amnesty International, Fair Trials International, Hermitage Capital, Human Rights Watch, REDRESS, and others.… Continue Reading

Names of Zumba johns released, bribe takers stay hidden

Richard L. Cassin October 16, 2012

‘Police in Kennebunk, Maine, on Monday released the names of close to two dozen people suspected of paying to have sex with a fitness instructor at her Zumba studio,’ the story on CNN said.… Continue Reading

9/11 And The FCPA

Richard L. Cassin September 9, 2011

What happened that day a decade ago changed the way the world looks at corruption.… Continue Reading

Leaked Cable Reveals Kenya Visa Case

Richard L. Cassin September 6, 2011

A secret cable published last week by WikiLeaks shows for the first time how decisions to exclude foreign kleptocrats from the United States are made under Presidential Proclamation 7750.

The unredacted cable is from the U.S.… Continue Reading

Do Oily Kleptocrats Slip Away?

Richard L. Cassin April 12, 2011

President Barack Obama and the First Lady at the Metropolitan Museum in New York with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasog in September 2009. White House Photo by Lawrence JacksonKen Silverstein asks in Foreign Policy why the kleptocratic regime of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea has escaped U.S.… Continue Reading

Is Africa Rising?

Richard L. Cassin February 4, 2011

Two reports from Africa caught our eye.

From Kenya, Time’s Nick Wadhams reported that politicians there are trying to get rid of Michael Ranneberger, America’s ambassador.

One reason they don’t like him is because he’s frank.… Continue Reading