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: Grits for Breakfast

Why no criminal prosecution when companies bribe?

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I've been railing against bribe takers and bribe givers in public corruption cases on this blog for some time now; we've even seen Texas Sheriffs sent to jail and commissary vendors prosecuted in state court over the practice. But after learning from Lindsay Beyerstein about federal "deferred prosecution agreements" for corporate wrongdoers, I'm now wondering why companies implicated in federal bribery cases don't also face the criminal prosecution?The latest corporate crook caught red-handed in a bribery scandal is one of Houston's most prominent companies. According to Voice of America:A major US engineering and military contractor has agreed to pay more than $500-million in penalties and fees to settle bribery allegations against one of its subsidiaries that operates in Nigeria...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).

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