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Inspectors General at Risk Jun 17, 2020

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Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project on Government Oversight—POGO—provides a brief and lively description of the history of US Inspectors General (IGs), their importance in ensuring government accountability and the recent worrying spate of terminations.

An International ATM Skimming Scheme Jun 10, 2020

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Paul Radu, co-founder and executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), describes his team's work in uncovering an international team of cash machine skimmers that ultimately skimmed hundreds of millions of dollars, largely from tourist hot spots.

The Travel Act and Other Angles from the Control Components Inc. Case Jun 03, 2020

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TRACE's Director of Compliance Resources, Illya Antonenko, looks back at the CCI case from 2009. Although a relatively small FCPA resolution financially, there are a number of interesting issues, including a corrupt corporate culture and reaching commercial bribery via the Travel Act.

Art and Antiquities in the Criminal Arsenal May 27, 2020

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Tess Davis, Executive Director of the Antiquities Coalition, describes how criminals use art and antiquities for corruption, to launder money and to fund terrorism. She also discusses the current legal state of play and how the public can be part of the solution.

The CROOK Act: Tackling Demand-Side Bribery May 20, 2020

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Abigail Bellows with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace describes how a $5 million surcharge could be levied on FCPA enforcement actions and then deployed quickly to support incipient anti-corruption efforts worldwide. This would address, in part, concerns that the victims of corruption rarely benefit from the substantial sums involved in settlements.

Mexico Raises the Stakes for Companies Using False Invoices May 13, 2020

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Omar Zuniga of Mexico City's Creel law firm discusses the tax provisions there that are making companies nervous and prompting a scramble to vet vendors against black lists.

Commercial Intermediaries Are Not the (Only) Problem May 06, 2020

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Risk, Telecom and 5G Apr 29, 2020

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Barnard College professor Alex Cooley and Wiley partner Kevin Muhlendorf discuss telecommunications scandals and the risk of corruption in 5G telecom implementation. They are the authors of chapters on these two subjects in TRACE's new book Corrosive: Corruption and its Consequences.

Compliance During COVID-19 Apr 22, 2020

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Kara Brockmeyer, a partner in Debevoise & Plimpton's Washington office and former Chief of the SEC's FCPA Unit, discusses some changes she's observed in the implementation of compliance programs with much of the world in lockdown. She also describes the pace of investigations now that DOJ and SEC lawyers are working remotely and she wraps up with a few predictions about what we might see in this field post-pandemic.

US National Security, CFIUS and COVID-19 Apr 15, 2020

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Darshak Dholakia, a partner in Dechert's Washington office, provides a timely overview of the current Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approach to foreign investment in the US, comparable laws of other countries and how scrutiny of healthcare and biotechnology sectors may increase in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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