Dealing with an FCPA violation is never easy. It’s a task that can be even more difficult when the person investigating isn’t sure how to even go about it. Investigative interviewing isn’t a skill that you’re born with. Instead, it’s one that you acquire through practice. The problem is, the last thing that people want…
Setting up FCPA compliance best practices probably isn’t something you look forward to doing. Aside from being a pretty dry area of the law, it’s also extremely complex and exposes companies that do business overseas to a lot of risk. A lot of the complexity comes from dealing with multiple markets, as bribery in one…
The FBI is taking a hard line against businesses who engage in overseas corruption. That’s why we’re seeing the development of FBI International Corruption Squads. The squads are designed to investigate both sides of international corruption, from the entities that take the bribes to the companies that provide them. This is just the first step…
In January alone, trade between the US and the UK accounted for more than $7 billion. That’s only one month of business and it’s still more than most industries will see over the entire year. If you work in the financial industry, it’s highly likely—if not entirely necessary—that you’re going to do business with UK…
Image Source | Flickr user ciocci It’s the call anyone in the financial industry hates to get. The phone rings and your compliance director tells you that you may have an FCPA violation. If there’s a chance that your internal procedures have failed, and you have an exposure, you’ll want to complete an internal investigation.…