I. INTRODUCTION Congres enacted th...

I. INTRODUCTION

Congres enacted the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA" or "Act") (1) in 1977 to criminalize illicit payments to foreign public officials on United States ("United States" or "US") businesses and individuals. (2) Consequently U businesses had to be rivals in international markets against foreign businesses that were unconstrained by means of laws proscribing bribery. (3) To stir up international parity with regard to business corruption, Congres amended the FCPA in 1988 and directed the Executive Branch to spur America's global trading partners to pass anti-corruption laws. (4) International anti-corruption efforts terminateed in the Organization of Economic Cooperation and growth ("OECD") Convention on ...