A judge rules against the defense but puts curbs on prosecutors in doing so.
At some point, Tyson reversed course on how to handle its problem in Mexico. It was a smart decision.
The company agreed to pay a $4 million criminal penalty and disgorge around $1.2 million in profits to settle charges that it paid bribes to government inspectors in Mexico who certified its chicken for export.
The DOJ denied it ordered new grand jury subpoenas for retaliatory purposes. Prosecutors said they are investigating new leads in the foreign bribery case.
The closely watched case is scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles next month.
The probe centers on payments from Tyson’s Mexican subsidiary to individuals employed by “Mexican governmental bodies.”
Judge Richard Leon set the stage for an unprecedented series of trials in an area of the law that has nearly no case history despite its vigorous enforcement in recent years.
It’s a subject that won’t go away: the difference between a bribe and a “facilitation payment.”
A case comes up for appeal before two key witnesses are even sentenced.
But some haven’t, raising questions about whether the United Nations Convention against Corruption will become a serious global anti-corruption standard.
The French engineering giant, if forced to settle, could end up sharing with Siemens AG the unwelcome distinction of being one of the largest foreign bribery cases ever.
There’s no private right of enforcement under the FCPA, and the judge wondered why the taxpayers of Florida should bear the costs of a trial for conduct that occurred in another country.
Developing countries offer golden opportunities for exploitation, a research organization finds, to no one’s surprise.
The defendant’s daughter is due to give birth in their native country around the scheduled trial date, posing an additional flight risk, the judge said.
Unofficial but supposedly double-checked, here’s a list of 72 companies in the FCPA spotlight.
BEST FCPA LAWYERS PRACTICE GROUP OF THE YEAR. Main Justice held an awards luncheon in Washington, D.C., to honor top firms in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act arena. This video shows announcement of the finalists and winner in the Practice Group of the Year category.
Mary Jacoby is the founder of Main Justice and Editor-in-Chief of Just Anti-Corruption.
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- Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman Testifies Before the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Two Members of Latin Kings Street Gang Sentenced in Indiana for Racketeering Conspiracy and Related Crimes
- Health Care Clinic Director Sentenced in Miami to 111 Months for His Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
- Attorney Convicted in Multimillion-Dollar Stock Fraud
- Army National Guard Captain Charged for Alleged Role in Bribery and Wire Fraud Scheme and Two Former Soldiers Sentenced for Their Roles in a Related Scheme
- Two Foreign Nationals Sentenced in Houston to Prison for Human Smuggling
- Former Dallas Securities Broker Sentenced in Oklahoma to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Stock Manipulation Scheme
- Oregon Man Indicted for Alleged Role in $50 Million Securities Fraud Scheme
- Pennslyvania Inmate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Violent Murder of Fellow Inmate
- Anti-Corruption Portal of the Americas
- City of London Police
- Global Financial Integrity
- GRECO
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Pacer (U.S. Court Documents)
- State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
- TRACE International
- Transparency International
- U.K. Courts
- U.K. Ministry of Justice
- U.K. Office of Fair Trading
- U.K. Serious Fraud Office
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice FCPA Page
- U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- U.S. House Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Releases
- U.S. Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- United Nations Convention Against Corruption
- World Bank Governance and Anti-Corruption
- World Economic Forum - Corruption Initiative