News and commentary about white-collar crime, enforcement, and compliance
Harry Cassin
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Andy Spalding
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Jessica Tillipman
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Bill Steinman
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Richard L. Cassin
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Elizabeth K. Spahn
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Cody Worthington
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Julie DiMauro
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Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
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Bill Waite
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Russell A. Stamets
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Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
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On September 1, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with the three heads of Ukraine’s government anti-corruption institutions. The backdrop of the meeting was growing calls in the United States and elsewhere to limit military aid to Ukraine because of the wartime graft problem.… Continue Reading
A root cause of the spectacular failure of nearly 20 years of nation-building in Afghanistan is endemic corruption.… Continue Reading
This week John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, delivered his report about U.S. security sector assistance programs in Afghanistan since 2001. It’s the story of a monumental policy failure.… Continue Reading
After 16 years, Afghanistan is now America’s longest war. But the regime we’re fighting for is one of the world’s most corrupt. It ranked 177 out of 180 on the latest Corruption Perceptions Index.… Continue Reading
The Taliban may not be in control of Afghanistan, but that’s only because nobody is really in control. After 15 years of U.S. and coalition fighting, the country — more accurately the failed state — is in terrible shape.… Continue Reading
An independent contractor for a trucking company in Afghanistan that delivered fuel to U.S. Army bases was sentenced to four years in prison for offering a U.S. serviceman bribes to falsify confirm fuel shipments that weren’t really delivered.… Continue Reading