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How Aggressive Is Your FCPA Gifts and Hospitality Policy in Mexico?
9.24.2013
Gifts and hospitality present some of the thorniest issues for companies and business people subject to the FCPA and operating in Latin America. The FCPA does not prohibit providing gifts or hospitality to foreign officials. But the history of enforcement highlights that these practices are high risk and should be conducted with great care and […]
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FCPA COMPLIANCE: FCPAméricas Most Popular Posts Offered in Spanish and Portuguese
9.10.2013
Going forward, FCPAméricas will regularly offer its new posts in Spanish and Portuguese. As part of the revamped site, we have also gone back and translated some of the most popular posts from our archives. We invite you to visit the following posts about FCPA compliance: Third Party Red Flags and Latin America English. Spanish. Portuguese. […]
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Polo Pulls Out of Argentina … after Ralph Lauren Corp. Violates FCPA at Argentine Customs
4.23.2013
Argentines certainly value their sense of style. Unfortunately, however, they just lost official retail access to the Polo brand. Ralph Lauren Corporation has decided to wind down its operations in the country. Yesterday’s FCPA settlement with the Ralph Lauren Corporation suggests that the company’s decision to pull out might be linked, at least in part, […]
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Siemens Speaks to FCPAméricas, Part 2: Changing Compliance Culture at a Major Multinational
4.04.2013
More than four years have passed since Siemens settled charges of international anti-corruption violations. Now, Siemens speaks to FCPAméricas about its experiences improving its anti-corruption compliance program. This is the second post in a three part series. See Part 1 here and Part 3 here. In the interview, Siemens’ Deputy Head for Compliance Investigations, Mark Gough, […]
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Connecting the Dots: Latin America Examples of Common FCPA Anti-Bribery Violations
3.08.2013
FCPAméricas has seen a spike in readership from Latin America suggesting that regional businesspeople and companies are increasingly seeking to understand the FCPA. Since we believe that having relatable examples is useful for new readers and for practitioners tasked with spreading the message to different audiences, this post seeks to ground discussions of common FCPA […]