The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Juggernaut Steams on in 2007
May 18, 2007
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) provides for substantial criminal and civil penalties for violations of its anti-bribery provisions that prohibit bribery of foreign government officials, or violations of its books and records/ internal controls provisions that prohibit mischaracterizing or failing to record a transaction, or failing to maintain proper accounting controls.
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This article, published in the May 2007 issue of Compliance Today, appears here with permission from the Health Care Compliance Association. Please call HCCA at 888.580.8373 with copy or reprint requests.
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