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The article discusses that Honeywell International Inc. will pay nearly $203 million to resolve investigations in the US and Brazil into bribes paid to public officials in Algeria and at Brazil's state-owned oil company. The settlements involve UOP, a US subsidiary of Honeywell, which had conspired to pay bribes to a former high-level Petróleo Brasileiro SA official to obtain an oil refinery contract. Honeywell's Belgian subsidiary also had paid bribes to Algerian officials.

The article reports on the rally at the San Francisco Indian Consulate in San Francisco, California in support for anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare from India who has engaged on a fast until death. It states that Hazare has passed the Jan Lokpal anti-bribery bill that would make prime ministers, judiciary officials, and members of Parliament liable to corruption charges. It says that the group carries candles and tiki torches through the park before they discuss the solutions to corruption.

The article focuses on the decision of federal Judge Loretta A. Preska to lessen the sentence of a former Hong Kong official Patrick Ho, who was given a credit for tutoring and counseling inmates at a Manhattan prison, in New York City.

The article focuses on the involvement in corruption of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila. Topics discussed include the impact of the issue on the presidential term of Kabila, the status of security forces in the country, and the effects of corruption for bribery scheme of the constitution.

The article reports that 13 principals of the Detroit Public Schools in Detroit, Michigan were charged of conspiracy in a vendor kickback scheme. Topics discussed include felony charges of conspiracy and bribery against principal Clara Flowers and owner Norman Shy of school supplies business Allstate Sales, the threat of insolvency to Detroit Public Schools, and the statement from U.S. attorney Barbara L. McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The article offers findings of several corruption trials in New York focusing bribery charges against Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, fraud of credit-card company, and the issues relating to political corruption.

The article discusses the conviction of Joseph Percoco, the former aide of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for federal corruption wherein Percoco was found guilty for taking bribes.

An editorial is presented which argues against corruption and bribery claims among U.S. politicians including New York Governor Andrew Cuomo former aide Joseph Percoco, Allentown, Pennsylvania Mayor Ed Pawloski, Maryland state senator Nathaniel Oaks.

The article states that Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Corp. agreed on August 18, 2015, to pay a $14.8 settlement concerning charges that it violated foreign bribery laws by bestowing internships to relatives of a Middle Eastern sovereign-wealth fund. According to the article, the settlement was the result of an enforcement action by the U.S. agency the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the U.S. legislation the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

The article discusses a dispute between Wall Street banks and several U.S. government agencies including the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning the interpretation of foreign-bribery laws, particularly concerning a question of whether banks such as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. broke laws by giving jobs to relatives of managers of Chinese government-owned companies. According to the article, the investigation is among the first under the auspices of the U.S. legislation the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

A correction to an article in a previous issue is presented on the topics of Great Britain’s Serious Fraud Office, the Bribery Act, and oil industry middlemen.

The article reports that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pledged that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which will prevent bribery of businesses to foreign officials to gain corporate advantages.

The article discusses Judge David Rozen of Tel Aviv District Court in Israel's sentencing of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to 6 years in prison on charges of corruption. Topics addressed include allegations that Olmert accepted bribes regarding the construction of the Holyland apartment complex during his tenure as mayor of Jerusalem, the case's broader implications in terms of efforts to prosecute political corruption in Israel, and Olmert's personality and political views.

The article reports on the challenges being faced by technology company Qualcomm Inc. in China due to its alleged violation of the country's anti-bribery laws.

The article examines legal concerns facing in-house lawyers for U.S. companies. Particular attention is given to a law which allows the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay whistleblowers for information on fraudulent or illegal practices, federal laws on overseas bribery, and patent lawsuits. Information is also provided on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which legalizes SEC payments to those who expose fraud.

The article discusses U.S. laws related to bribery of government officials, citing a November 14, 2012 document from the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding ambiguous aspects of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). It is said that U.S. companies had resented regulation under FCPA.

The article examines the legal risks facing retail industry firm Wal-Mart Stores Inc. following its disclosure the company was investigating a possible violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. A report in "The New York Times" newspaper stated Wal-Mart had learned of bribery of Mexican public officers in 2005.

The article reports that Raymond and Thomas Kwok, brothers in a family which controls the real estate development company Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. in Hong Kong, were arrested on charges of bribery by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, the government agency for prevention of political corruption. The arrests are discussed in terms of their impact on the small group of financiers and politicians who have controlled commerce and politics in Hong Kong for many years.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to determine in News Outdoor Russia, an outdoor advertising subsidiary of mass media industry firm News Corp. paid bribes to Russian public officers to obtain approvals of billboard placements in that country. The FBI's actions are related to an ongoing investigation of News Corp. for possible violations of U.S. law governing bribery of foreign officials.

The article reports that Albert "Jack" Stanley, a former executive of the construction company KBR Inc., a subsidiary of Halliburton, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for his conviction of bribing Nigerian public officers in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Stanley said that ambition, ego, and drinking of alcoholic beverages led him to commit the crimes. Stanley gave a guilty plea in 2009, and has been a cooperating witness for the U.S.

The article, citing anonymous sources, reports that U.S. prosecutors have submitted evidence to a grand jury as part of their investigation as to whether executives of cosmetics industry firm Avon Products Inc. violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when Avon employees bribed Chinese public officers. An internal audit by the firm conducted in 2005 is cited as having found the company might have violated the Act.

The article reports that aggressive enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is prompting foreign firms to bring themselves in compliance with the Act. FCPA outlaw bribery by any company listed on a U.S. exchange. Compliance training by U.S. companies such as conglomerate General Electric has been well-received abroad.

The article reports that U.S. public prosecutors are investigating several former employees of the personal care products company Avon Products Inc. to determine if the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by offering bribes to public officers in other countries. An anonymous source states the investigation is focused on activities of Avon employees in China.

The article focuses on concerns by multinational businesses on the Bribery Act, a British law that will take effect in April 2011. It states that the law resembles the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act but is more extensive and covers illicit payments to foreign officials and bribes between private businesspeople. It comments that many European nations have toughened anti-corruption laws and that China prosecuted corporate-bribery cases in 2010.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) are close to a settlement of foreign bribery charges against the petroleum industry firm Royal Dutch Shell PLC and the shipping industry company Panalpina Group. The two firms are expected to agree to fines of $30 million for Royal Dutch Shell and $85 million for Panalpina.

The article reports that the U.S. authorities are investigating the hiring of Anis Jamaludin, daughter of Malaysian prime minister close ally Jamaludin Jarjis, as a bank analyst in the investment banking company Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in 2010. The probe is noted to be a part of the broader investigation on the hiring of relatives of government officials and will determine if the bank's hiring process violates the antibribery laws.

This articles discusses former U.S. Representative Randy Cunningham's conviction of bribery in federal court. Cunningham was sentenced to 8 years in prison for accepting over 2 million dollars from military contractors while in office. This is the longest prison sentence ever given to a former member of Congress for corruption.

The article reports dismissal of a Walmart India's mid-level manager due to alleged involvement in violations of U.S. anti-bribery laws. Topics discussed include dismissed mid-level manager required for questioning by U.S. Department of Justice, Walmart looking for any possible violations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by the employees, and U.S. anti-bribery laws prohibits U.S. based companies from bribing any foreign country government official.

The article reports on the conviction of a Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng for bribery and conspiracy wherein he was ordered to surrender travel documents and supervision by private guards in the U.S.