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TRACE: U.S. bribery enforcement continued decline in 2021
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-03-18T18:21:00
The number of U.S. foreign bribery enforcement actions slowed notably in 2021, while the overall pace of transnational anti-bribery enforcement actions and investigations lagged worldwide, according to TRACE International’s latest enforcement report.
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