Growing 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 White House is unlikely to back a bill that would expand a Russia sanctions program to target corrupt officials and human rights abusers worldwide, lawmakers and congressional witnesses said Wednesday.
The United States Monday blacklisted two high-ranking Chechen officials and two Russians for their alleged roles in the torture of a Chechen activist and the death of Moscow attorney Sergei Magnitsky.
The Obama administration is "actively" considering designating Russians linked to the invasion of Ukraine under a 2012 human rights law, according to a U.S. State Department official.
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