The United States held firm outside the top 20 in TRACE International’s latest update to its annual Bribery Risk Matrix.

TRACE first launched its Bribery Risk Matrix in 2014, providing chief compliance officers reliable information about commercial bribery risk worldwide. To arrive at each country’s score, the matrix analyzes four specific domains:

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