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‘Ask the Expert’ about Ethics 1st: An Interview with Leading FCPA Attorney William Steinman
Anti-corruption expert William Steinman began his career in international law at a large law firm in Washington, DC in the 1990s. As part of his practice, Steinman advised clients on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests. At the time, the FCPA was rarely enforced, and not a high priority. One day, Steinman remembers, his boss came up to him and said, “I’m going to make you an FCPA lawyer because you think like a criminal.” Steinman’s conversation launched a career. He…
The Coming Transformation of Ukraine
From Survival to Sustainable Development: Lessons Learned from CIPE’s Private Sector Approach Soon Ukraine will embark upon reconstruction in the aftermath of the full-scale Russian invasion, which has displaced around 10 million people and left the economy in shambles. Recovery costs, including humanitarian and economic needs, have been estimated in excess of $400 billion1. Over the course of the coming reconstruction, Ukraine will face the tasks of restoring stability and rebuilding livelihoods, but more than this will need to reinvent its economy and governance in order to carry itself forward. As Ukraine charts its path through a turbulent time, it…
Democracy that Delivers #367: Understanding the Increased Monitoring of Nigeria by the Financial Action Task Force
What really happens when a country is “grey listed” by the global Financial Action Task Force (FATF)? CIPE examines this with Muazu Umaru, Director of Policy and Research at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering (GIABA) in West Africa. The discussion follows announcements that Nigeria is among the new adds to the FATF’s “grey list” of countries with deficiencies in their structural abilities to counter money laundering and terrorism financing. CIPE’s Nigeria Country Director and anti-corruption expert Lola Adekanye hosts a discussion with Umaru to analyze the ruling’s impact on financial sectors and the economy, one of Africa’s largest.…