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Anti-Corruption/ FCPA and International Trade – Gov. Cuomo’s new announcement, Corruption risk is huge but technology deployment is still sparse, Supreme court denies FCPA instrumentality challenge and more…

 

Gov. Cuomo announces five international trade missions across the globe by Annie Karni published on NY Daily News

Gov. Cuomo — who has rarely traveled outside the state and has recently been criticized for offering no vision for the next four years as he campaigns for a second term — on Tuesday proposed making five international trade missions to promote global business opportunities in New York State…. [ Read More ]    

Corruption risk is huge but technology deployment against it is still sparse by AuthorJohn Verver published on The FCPA Blog

BBC News mapped out the countries where the most bribes were paid, based on a survey carried out by Transparency International in 95 countries… [ Read More ]

   

Supreme Court Denies FCPA ‘Instrumentality’ Challenge by Samuel Rubenfeld published on Wall Street Journal Blog

A “foreign official” challenge to U.S. foreign bribery law won’t be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court–for this term, at least. The Supreme Court, without explanation as is its custom, on Monday denied writ of certiorari for two jailed company executives who sought to challenge their convictions under the FCPA, arguing over the question of who counts as a foreign official under the law…. [ Read More ]

   

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) – The Chinese government has cleared 162,629 phantom workers from its payroll since a national anti-corruption campaign was launched by President Xi Jinping in 2012, Bloomberg reported Tuesday…. [ Read More ]

   

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