- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-12-19T19:14:00
A package of seven legislative proposals put forward by the Biden administration would enhance the capabilities of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring money laundering and racketeering charges related to corruption, according to a senior agency official.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kevin Driscoll of the DOJ’s Criminal Division announced the proposals as part of a Dec. 12 speech. He said the rules would “strengthen anti-corruption law enforcement authorities” to better support their roles in combating instances of cross-border corruption.
“We know that international cooperation is essential to the work we do to expose cross-border grand corruption and bring cases to recover corruption proceeds and bring corrupt actors to justice,” Driscoll said. “Our collective ability to hold corrupt actors responsible, taking the profit out of these crimes, and returning stolen assets depends on sincere and dedicated cooperation formally and informally at every level of law enforcement.”
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