In a historic move, the United States Congress has recently approved the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA) as part of the annual defense spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act. This groundbreaking legislation marks a significant milestone in the global fight against corruption by criminalizing the act of foreign officials demanding or accepting bribes from […]
The Most Important Foreign Bribery Law in Half a Century Empowers the U.S. Government to Prosecute Foreign Officials Who Demand or Receive Bribes from Americans A statement from Transparency International U.S.December 14, 2023 Today the U.S. Congress approved the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (or FEPA) as part of the annual defense spending bill, known as […]
The brief and tumultuous career of Republican George Santos in the U.S. House of Representatives came to a dramatic end on Friday as fellow lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to expel him. The House’s decisive 311-114 vote surpassed the two-thirds majority required to remove one of its own, marking a rare and significant event in American political […]