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At FBI, an Effort to Build Better Corruption Cases Faster: Special Agents
printGrowing U.S. efforts to hold corporations accountable for bribery and other forms of financial misconduct are likely to result in an uptick in punitive actions against businesses, say three FBI agents. The bureau has over the last two years dedicated new resources towards improving its anti-corruption cooperation with Brazil, the United Kingdom, South Korea and a host of other nations, according to Supervisory Special Agents Kevin Wolf, Marcie Soligo and Ren McEachern, who have in various roles led FBI efforts to fight kleptocracy and bribery. The result: federal investigators are obtaining evidence of corruption at a faster pace, as well...
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