Europe’s anti-corruption efforts are escalating and now account for more than half of all foreign bribery investigations globally, surpassing the United States, which maintains the strongest overall enforcement record for bribery and corruption. Elsewhere around the world, domestic foreign bribery enforcement is on the rise, effectively resulting in many corporate enforcement actions.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...