{"id":14773,"date":"2025-10-06T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americanconference.com\/fcpa-dc\/?page_id=14773"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:29:38","slug":"forecasting-international-anti-corruption-prosecutorial-taskforce-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanconference.com\/fcpa-dc\/aci-insights\/forecasting-international-anti-corruption-prosecutorial-taskforce-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecasting International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-meta\">\r\n  <p class=\"author\">By Jaclyn Jaeger<\/p>\r\n  <!--<p class=\"date\">Monday July 14, 2025<\/p>-->\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In several pronouncements made in recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice has signaled a turning of the tides in the type of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases it will pursue, as compared to the previous administration. Simultaneously, the recently established International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce signals that foreign authorities will not hesitate to pursue global anticorruption cases that the DOJ declines to pursue.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>By way of background, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO), France\u2019s Parquet National Financier (PNF), and the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/67dc0bb3931ea30d1b7ee33d\/International_Anti-Corruption_Prosecutorial_Taskforce.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">joint founding statement<\/a>, announcing establishment of the taskforce in March. SFO Director Nick Ephgrave said the taskforce will \u201cmake use of every power and partnership available\u201d to tackle international bribery and corruption \u201cwherever it occurs.\u201d<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>In its joint statement, the agencies laid out four priorities of the taskforce:<\/p>\r\n \r\n\t<ul>\r\n<li>Create a \u201cleaders\u2019 group\u201d focused on the \u201cregular exchange of insight and strategy;\u201d<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>Create a working group to devise proposals for cooperation on cases;<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>Share best practices to take advantage of combined expertise; and<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>Build a strengthened foundation for operational collaboration.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n<p>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bohnert, head of the PNF, added that the taskforce will strengthen PNF\u2019s long-standing coordination with the SFO and OAG to tackle bribery and corruption cases. Notably, the DOJ was a key player in many high-profile coordinated resolutions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/airbus-agrees-pay-over-39-billion-global-penalties-resolve-foreign-bribery-and-itar-case\" target=\"_blank\">Airbus\u2019s record $3.9 billion global resolution <\/a>with the PNF, SFO, and DOJ in 2020; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/rolls-royce-plc-agrees-pay-170-million-criminal-penalty-resolve-foreign-corrupt-practices-act\" target=\"_blank\">Rolls-Royce\u2019s $800 million global resolution<\/a> with the PNF, SFO, and DOJ in 2017.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>The invitation for other \u201clike-minded\u201d agencies to join could further expand the taskforce\u2019s jurisdictional reach.\u201d In public pronouncements, Bohnert remarked that the taskforce has, so far, received inquiries from enforcement authorities in Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and Latin America.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>In practical terms, legal and compliance teams should watch for an uptick in enforcement activity for violations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedlex.admin.ch\/eli\/cc\/54\/757_781_799\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Swiss Criminal Code<\/a>, SFO\u2019s U.K. Bribery Act, and France\u2019s Sapin II, which has especially stringent compliance requirements.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Brazil\u2019s anti-corruption enforcement authority, the Office of the Comptroller General (Controladoria-Geral da Uni\u00e3o or \u201cCGU\u201d), is another agency that has stated its \u201ccommitment to promoting business integrity,\u201d as previously covered by the American Conference Institute (ACI). Examples of this include the launch of the CGU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/cgu\/pt-br\/assuntos\/integridade-privada\/pacto-brasil\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil Pact for Business Integrity<\/a> and its Pr\u00f3 \u00c9tica program.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Prudent legal and compliance teams understand that the heightened focus on anti-corruption activity globally is further reason to champion the importance of remaining vigilant and continue to carefully assess and amend, where necessary, anticorruption policies, procedures, training, and internal controls.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p><strong>FCPA enforcement<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Formation of the taskforce followed shortly after President Trump\u2019s Executive Order calling for a 180-day FCPA enforcement pause and a revision of the FCPA enforcement guidelines to more closely align with the administration\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>The DOJ\u2019s revised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dag\/media\/1403031\/dl\" target=\"_blank\">guidelines <\/a>now direct Criminal Division prosecutors to pursue FCPA investigations and enforcement actions that directly undermine \u201cU.S. national interests.\u201d Misconduct that involves cartels and transnational criminal organizations, or that deprive \u201cspecific and identifiable\u201d U.S. companies of \u201cfair access to compete\u201d will get priority.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Opening an FCPA investigation now requires authorization from the Criminal Division\u2019s assistant attorney general, or a more senior DOJ official. Such authority no longer rests with the Fraud Section or the FCPA Unit.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Focus will turn to criminal misconduct by individuals, rather than cases of \u201cnonspecific malfeasance\u201d by companies. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/head-justice-departments-criminal-division-matthew-r-galeotti-delivers-remarks-american\" target=\"_blank\">remarks <\/a>made at an ACI event June 10, Matthew Galeotti, head of the Criminal Division, explained that the DoJ will focus on the \u201cspecific misconduct of individuals, rather than collective knowledge theories.\u201d<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Prosecutors also will consider an FCPA investigation\u2019s \u201ccollateral consequences\u201d on the company\u2019s operations throughout the entirety of the investigation, \u201cnot just at the resolution phase,\u201d the guidelines state.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>\u201cConduct that does not implicate U.S. interests should be left to our foreign counterparts or appropriate regulators,\u201d Galeotti said in his remarks.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p><strong>No \u201cpiling on\u201d continues<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>In a June 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/criminal\/media\/1402751\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\">memorandum <\/a>to Criminal Division personnel, Galeotti signaled that the DOJ\u2019s no \u201cpiling on\u201d policy that was effect under President Trump\u2019s first term continues, but with a caveat. As with the 2018 anti-piling on policy, prosecutors are directed to coordinate with other federal, state, or foreign enforcement authorities in parallel enforcement actions to avoid imposing unnecessary, duplicative monetary penalties on companies.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Galeotti\u2019s memo takes a slightly different direction, however, putting the vindication of crime victims front and center. The memo directs prosecutors not to credit penalties imposed by other authorities that forego either restitution or forfeiture that could be used to compensate victims.<\/p>\r\n<p>It further directs prosecutors not to credit criminal penalties imposed by other authorities that would \u201cotherwise be used for general victim support,\u201d like the Crime Victims Fund, \u201cunless the foreign authority has a more effective mechanism for directly compensating victims of the underlying crime.\u201d<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>In all cases, the memo states that prosecutors will not credit payments to other authorities when a company does not \u201cmeaningfully attempt to coordinate resolutions,\u201d typically meaning paying the other authority within a year of the Criminal Division resolution. Companies resolving an anticorruption case should heed this warning.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p><strong>Voluntary self-disclosure<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>In his remarks at the ACI conference, Galeotti also provided further clarity around the revised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/criminal\/media\/1400031\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\">Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy<\/a> (CEP). \u201cThe benefits to companies that voluntarily self-report, cooperate, and remediate have never been clearer and more certain: Those companies will receive a declination,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>In the days following issuance of the CEP, Galeotti <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/sfo-and-doj-affirm-commitment-to-joint-working-to-tackle-crime\" target=\"_blank\">met with SFO Director Ephgrave<\/a> to discuss where they can strengthen their partnership in tackling financial crime, their \u201cshared commitment to encouraging voluntary self-disclosure,\u201d and how to expediate complex investigations.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Companies looking for a recent real-world example of this should refer to Liberty Mutual\u2019s case, which marks the first corporate resolution since the DOJ\u2019s FCPA enforcement pause. According to the Aug. 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/criminal\/media\/1410761\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\">declination letter<\/a>, an investigation had \u201cfound evidence\u201d that, from approximately 2017 to 2022, Liberty Mutual\u2019s India subsidiary, Liberty General Insurance (LGI), paid approximately $1.47 million in bribes to officials at six state-owned banks in India in exchange for referring bank customers to LGI\u2019s insurance products.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>The investigation found that \u201ccertain LGI employees took steps to conceal the true nature of the payments, including by classifying the payments as marketing expenses and using third-party intermediaries to make the payments to the officials.\u201d These bribes brought in approximately $9.2 million in revenue and $4.7 million in profits.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>The Criminal Division said it declined prosecution based on numerous factors set forth in the CEP, including Liberty Mutual\u2019s timely and voluntary self-disclosure; and its \u201cfull and proactive cooperation\u201d for providing all known relevant facts, including individuals involved, and \u201cagreeing to continue to cooperate with any ongoing government investigations.\u201d<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Liberty Mutual\u2019s \u201ctimely and appropriate remediation\u201d included \u201cearly and fulsome acceptance of responsibility,\u201d conducting a \u201cthorough and systematic root-cause analysis,\u201d and \u201cseparating itself from personnel involved in the misconduct.\u201d It also disgorged the $4.7 million in ill-gotten gains.<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p>Additionally, the Criminal Division credited Liberty Mutual with making \u201csignificant improvements\u201d to its compliance program, including:<\/p>\r\n \r\n\t<ul>\r\n<li>enhanced vetting, monitoring, and oversight of payments to third parties throughout its global markets;<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>structural reorganization, coupled with increased legal and compliance resources; and<\/li>\r\n\r\n\t<li>enhancing its compliance policies on ephemeral messaging applications for business purposes.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n<p>In separate remarks, Galeotti said that \u201cseveral\u201d more resolutions under the revised CEP are forthcoming. \u201cThe message you can take from these actions is clear: Timely, voluntary self-disclosure, cooperation, and taking responsibility for misconduct can help you avoid prolonged investigations and secure the benefits the Criminal Division offers.\u201d<\/p>\r\n \r\n<p><strong>ACI\u2019s \u201c42nd Annual Conference on FCPA and Global Anticorruption\u201d will be held on Dec. 3-4 in Washington DC. For more information, and to register, please visit:<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanconference.com\/fcpa-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.americanconference.com\/fcpa-dc<\/a>\/<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jaclyn Jaeger In several pronouncements made in recent months, the U.S. Department of Justice has signaled a turning of the tides in the type of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) cases it will pursue, as compared to the previous administration. 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