





Join host Alexandra Addison-Wrage, President & Founder of TRACE, on Bribe, Swindle or Steal as she explores the world of financial crime—corruption, fraud, money laundering and sanctions—and what motivates people to break the law, how wrongdoers cover their tracks and what can be done to put a stop to the looting through interviews with experts in the field.
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Leah Ambler, Director, Corruption Prevention at the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and former Legal Analyst at the OECD, joins the podcast—in her personal capacity—to discuss her excellent chapter on Whistleblower Protections. Leah discusses the importance of whistleblower protections to reducing corruption and the challenges inherent in these protections in the absence of comprehensive, harmonized legislation.
This episode was originally published on 12 January 2022.
Darshak Dholakia, a partner in Dechert&rsquos Washington, D.C. office, provides a timely overview of the current Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approach to foreign investment in the U.S., comparable laws of other countries, and how scrutiny of health care and biotechnology sectors may increase in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Steinman&mdashof Steinman & Rodgers&mdashtakes us back to 2014 and the Eleventh Circuit&rsquos very fact-specific analysis of what constitutes a &ldquoforeign official&rdquo under the FCPA.
Melissa Duffy, a partner at Dechert LLP focused on international trade matters, provides an excellent review of the current status of the movement of goods into and out of the United States by air, land and sea. Melissa also addresses relevant tariffs, including recent exemptions, and restrictions by other countries on the export of their own critical medical supplies and equipment. Melissa wraps up with some very practical strategies for companies on managing the movement of goods in these uncertain times.
Jeff Clark&mdasha partner with Willkie, Farr & Gallagher&mdashdiscusses the novel aspects of the 2016 Och-Ziff bribery case, including the claim for restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act.
Jessica Tillipman of George Washington Law School covers the highlights and key points from the Siemens bribery case of 2008. It was a startling case at the time and divided the international enforcement landscape into the world before and after Siemens.
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