A handful of recent enforcement actions brought under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act signal that the Justice Department is expanding the scope of its bribery prosecutions, keeping true on its promise that enforcement will intensify.

“It’s clear that we will see an increased number of FCPA prosecutions of both companies and individuals in the next several years,” says Whitney Ellerman, a partner with law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman.

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,...