- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2023-01-05T17:50:00
Analyzing the results of two recent reports offers an understanding of the U.S. landscape around anti-bribery efforts entering 2023 and where elevated risks might lie.
The United States improved seven spots in the 2022 TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix released in November. This year’s ranking—16th out of 194 countries—places the United States in better position compared to recent years regarding the current bribery risk landscape.
TRACE International first launched its Bribery Risk Matrix in 2014, providing chief compliance officers a broader overview of commercial bribery risk worldwide. To arrive at each country’s score, the matrix analyzes four specific domains:
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The United States broke from a three-year downturn in bribery-related enforcement actions, while Brazil continued its emergence in the space, according to the results of the latest annual Global Enforcement Report by nonprofit TRACE.
Integrity Distributed has launched a collaborative research project seeking to develop anti-corruption detection technology that includes academic, technological, and corporate partners.
Around the world, countries attempting to address their corruption issues are not making much progress, while countries failing to address corruption are worsening the problem, according to Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index.
Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson announced the conclusion of the independent compliance monitorship imposed on the company following its 2019 settlement for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Former Albemarle CCO Andrew McBride explained at Compliance Week’s 2024 National Conference how he led the company’s compliance department to remediate the issues that led to apparent FCPA violations and how the team used data analytics to assess risks and implement compliance solutions.
Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson announced its independent monitor appointed by the Department of Justice certified its compliance program satisfies the requirements ordered by the U.S. agency following its 2019 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlement.
