Foreign regulators continue to intensify their efforts to combat bribery and corruption. France’s Anti-Corruption Agency (L’Agence française anticorruption or AFA) recently published its year-in-review for 2024, which showed...more
5/1/2025
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Bribery ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
France ,
Multinationals ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK
On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued a memo requiring DOJ’s Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (“FCPA”) Unit to “prioritize investigations related to foreign bribery that facilitates the criminal operations of...more
3/25/2025
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Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Cross-Border ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Joint Task Force ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Switzerland ,
Trump Administration ,
UK
On January 20, President Trump issued an Executive Order designating certain international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) or Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). ...more
2/24/2025
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Bribery ,
Cartels ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
FEPA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
National Security ,
Risk Management ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Terrorist Organizations
Two recent court Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases, a significant amendment to the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), and the new pilot whistleblower rewards program show that Anti-Corruption Enforcement...more
8/22/2024
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Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
FEPA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Government Investigations ,
Latin America ,
South Africa ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in a public corruption case that could have a lasting impact on how the U.S. Government prosecutes corruption and procurement fraud cases involving state and local...more
7/5/2024
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Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Illegal Gratuities ,
Political Corruption ,
Public Corruption ,
Public Officials ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
SCOTUS ,
Snyder v United States ,
Split of Authority ,
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