The meat of the latest Brazilian bribery scandal
Brazil has a new corruption scandal on its hands, this one dubbed “Operation Weak Flesh.”
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News BriefDOJ secures $118 million penalty in FCPA violation case tied to Guatemalan telecom firm
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PremiumPart One: A case-by-case analysis of FCPA investigation closures
Foreign corruption enforcement relating to national security matters has been a common theme under the Trump administration. A second common theme continues to be the discrete way in which the DOJ has ended several FCPA investigations.