US could jail foreign officials under new bribery law - Middle East and Africa thejakartapost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thejakartapost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anticorruption activists around the world have high hopes for a new U.S. law that for the first time allows Washington to prosecute foreign officials who receive bribes. The law broadens the enforcement profile of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which has long been used to punish companies that pay bribes and their shadowy agents.…
The compliance community has long recognized the gaping hole in the FCPA. As a supply-side law, it criminalizes the payment of bribes, not the demand to pay a bribe or extortion. The.
US Prosecutors Can Now Charge Foreign Officials With Bribery voanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anti-corruption and government transparency activists say a new U.S. law that allows federal prosecutors to bring criminal charges against officials of foreign governments who solicit or accept bribes from U.S. companies will fill a major void in the global fight against corruption. The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), part of the National Defense Authorization Act,…