FCPAméricas Blog
Brazil Senate Approves Anti-Bribery Bill: Now headed for President’s signature
7.05.2013
This post was written by Esther Flesch, Bruno Maeda, Erica Sarubbi and Carlos Ayres of the Trench, Rossi e Watanabelaw firm in Brazil. FCPAméricas has previously discussed the draft bill here, here, and here. We have discussed corruption risk in Brazil here and here.
Yesterday, July 4, 2013, the Brazilian Senate approved Bill of Law 6,826/2010 (“Anti-bribery Law”), which imposes civil and administrative liability on legal entities for acts committed in detriment of the local and foreign Public Administrati... Read more
What Brazil’s Protests Suggest About the FCPA
6.28.2013
FCPA practitioners are often asked “Isn’t corruption just part of the culture of some countries?” “Doesn’t the FCPA conflict with how people want to do business in other places?” The recent national protests in Brazil, where over one million people in more than one hundred cities have taken to the streets, serve as a resounding “no”.
The protests started as a response to bus fare increases. They ultimately became demonstrations of popular discontent with political corruption. Last week, Datafolha, a leading Brazilian survey agency, found that the “fight against corruption” was the leading motivation of the protestors in Sao Paulo, where the survey was conducted.
Protests like Brazil’s and those of the Arab Spring show broad-based dissatisfaction with ... Read more
Perspectives on Corruption in Peru from the Attorney who Put Fujimori and Montesinos in Jail
6.26.2013
Among his many accomplishments as a criminal lawyer and international human rights practitioner, Jose Carlos Ugaz Sánchez-Moreno might best be known for his work as the lead special state attorney responsible for putting former President Alberto Fujimori and former head of Peru’s Intelligence Service Vladimiro Montesinos in jail for corruption. Mr. Ugaz currently practices law in Lima and sits on Transparency International’s Board of Directors. He recently spoke with FCPAméricas about corruption risks and compliance in Peru.
How do you think Peru’s history of insurgent groups like the Shining Path and leaders like Alberto Fujimori affects notions of corruption in the country today?
Our country’s history still colors the ways that many in our business community perceive corruption. To begin with, our country is still very divided. Perhaps not as much as in a country like Chile with ... Read more
