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President Donald Trump has ordered the judiciary to stop enforcing a corruption law, which the US -operated companies prevented the business from winning the business from bribery to foreign government officials.
Executive Order from the White House Gives the application a break Foreign corruption practice law, which has been an important tool for the US authorities, aimed at corporate misconduct for almost 50 years.
ঐ When it was launched in 1977, the law was applied only to US people, it was a legal definition that foreign companies operated in the United States also included companies, citizens and residents before it expanded in 1998 to cover.
Many high-profile companies have been sued under the law. These are some of the most notable cases of recent years.
RTX, 2024
US defense contractor More than $ 950mn hit the settlement Over has claimed that it bribes the Qatari official to facilitate the sale of weapons in the Gulf and to pay extra for weapons with patriotism.
Trafigura, 2024
One of the world’s largest product traders convicted of the bribe of the Brazilian bribe and agreed Provide the fine 7 127MN And the profit of the seizure. US prosecutors said that Trafigura had made bribe to maintain business with Petrobus, a state -owned oil company in Brazil.
Goldman Shutch, 2020
Wall Street Investment Bank’s Malaysian Assistant Agency Bribe Since the bank has agreed to a $ 2.9bn settlement with multiple authorities on the Malaysia Development Berhad Money-Londering scandal with multiple authorities, including the DOJ. US officials say the bank has ignored the red flags for funding for the State Fund 1 MDB.
Airbus, 2020
Agreed to Europe’s space champion Provide € 3.6bn of fine To settle a long -term bribe investigation on the use of company intermediaries to protect international sales to authorities in the United States, UK and France.
Ericsson, 2019
The Swedish Telecommus group Agree to pay more than $ 1 billion After admitting the use of agents and consultants to bribe officials in countries including Djibouti, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kuwait. Among the crimes that Erickson acknowledges the sham agreement in the camouflage bribe.
OWWARCHOT, 2016
OWWRECHOT, then Latin America’s largest construction company and its petrochemicals units braschem, Agree to pay at least $ 3.5bn Fine to take part in a conspiracy to bribe government officials.
BAE systems, 2010
Was the largest defense agency in Britain Fine $ 400mn And convicted of a conspiracy of the US government to make a false statement to the regulatory filing and initiative.
Siemens, 20
Munich -based company Agree to give € 1bn As part of a compromise with US and German authorities to pay suspicious payment to officials around the world to win the deal. At that time, it was a fine of $ 600 million to pay the US authorities on behalf of a foreign bribe.
