Transparency International has recently published its 8th annual progress report on compliance with the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, adopted in 1997, which requires each signatory country to make foreign bribery a crime. In relation to enforcement, of the 37 signatory countries included in the report, (which … Continue Reading
With these words Charles Duross, Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice – the country’s lead criminal prosecutor of FCPA – so began his comments at the recent American Bar Association White Collar Crime annual conference in San Diego, California. Duross characterized 2010 as “transformative” for the following reasons: Fraud Section Changes. Duross … Continue Reading
