At the 2025 TRACE Forum, Charles Cain emphasized that enforcement is “back to basics.” While it appears the SEC no longer has a dedicated FCPA unit and the number of cases may be limited, a meaningful enforcement program is anticipated, with foreign governments stepping in.

We’re delighted to share that ITBM has translated TRACE’s "Bribe Busters" comic book series into Malay for students in Malaysia! "Bribe Busters" helps equip the next generation to stand up for integrity worldwide. www.traceinternational.org/bribe-busters

We’re delighted to welcome FlightSafety International (FSI) to the TRACE Compliance Community! For 70+ years, FSI has provided expert training for aviation professionals worldwide, backed by Berkshire Hathaway and a global network dedicated to safety, integrity, and excellence.

Join Rotman Documentary Insights on 14 October for a screening of "Bribe, Inc." that tells the story of the Unaoil scandal. The film will be followed by a panel discussion + Q&A with Director Peter Klein and @alexandrawrage.bsky.social of TRACE, who is featured in the film. Register:

It was so much fun to have this clip included in John Oliver’s show last night! #FCPA #Trump #Unaoil no

Who are the surrender monkeys now?

The first two really can be conflated. “I like the fascism” / “I prefer the fascism to the alternatives (risk, discomfort…)”

What’s true for Putin’s Russia is equally true for Trump’s Amerika.

US tourism projected to drop over $12 billion this year from 2024 levels as people avoid or cancel US travel plans: wttc.org/news/us-econ...

What we permit, we encourage. The world knows and does nothing about it.

I understand that “imperfect” might induce some quease. And, yes, third party due diligence should be as close to perfect as available tools and budgets permit... Continue reading: www.briberymatters.com/post/the-cul... Author: @alexandrawrage.bsky.social

Sunny adds value to any compliance discussion, but especially when training is on the agenda!

Just remembering the amount of shit I got from Assad fanboys and tankies for saying the kidnapping video was an obvious fake.

Tariffs on bananas - to protect the thriving American … banana industry.

It is always fascinating to hear from @billbrowder.bsky.social about his work on Magnitsky legislation worldwide.

The entire point.

so the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?

White House comms staffer Alex Pfeiffer is crowing that border crossings are down 95% on the *northern* and southern borders. Those northern border crossings were Canadian tourists and shoppers ready to spend money in the US. Check with the US Travel Association to see if they consider this a win.

Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.

The capitulation of the US Naval Academy is infuriating. Even assuming MAGA trolls actually believe that Maya Angelou was some sort of super prescient advanced-guard for Antifa, the students CAN handle the truth. @contrariannews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

NEW BriberyMatters Post: The Pros and (Substantial) Cons of an ISO Anti­-Bribery Standard by @alexandrawrage.bsky.social www.briberymatters.com/post/the-pro...

Honestly , who can blame the foreign tourists? I mean, I am a passport-carrying citizen and I am reluctant to leave the US for fear that my phone/social media history will create hassles (or worse!) when I come home. I have never before had reason to fear that...now, I do.

NEW BriberyMatters Post: ISO 37001: Standardization and its Discontents by @alexandrawrage.bsky.social www.briberymatters.com/post/iso-370...

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

And Canada has 85 million fewer than Japan so … same.

This is such a good and timely idea!

Republicans in Congress can repeal every tariff tomorrow and take Trump’s tariff authority away from him. But they choose not to. So every Republican in Congress owns EVERY SINGLE BIT of this. You can’t hide from the voters forever.

How to make a top-ranked university into a mid-level vocational school in one semester. #USNA

I kind of want to go

A group of senators is attending the dignified transfer in Dover today of the four U.S. troops who died during a training exercise in Lithuania. The group includes Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin and Sens. Duckworth and Coons. Donald Trump is golfing.

“According to a second defense official, [books removed from the Naval Academy library] include “The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Einstein on Race and Racism,” and a biography on Jackie Robinson.” At a university. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

The right has all the best people.

“U.S. President Donald Trump's jabs to annex Canada, the imposition of a 25% levy on steel and aluminum from Canada and threats to tax all other imports from the country have prompted a rallying cry among many Canadian shoppers to eschew U.S.-made products.” www.reuters.com/business/ret...

About the Nobel Peace Prize nomination: almost any university professor can nominate almost anyone. The bar for nominations is very low. Talk to your college history prof and you can share this honor with Elon. #PeacePrize #ElonMusk

This is fantastic - and fun!

This is a fantastic initiative and will illuminate the path to university for smart and talented students from the North East.

This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.

A two million Swiss Francs “gentlemen’s agreement” at not-for-profit #FIFA. Great work Switzerland. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Love this!

Yes!!

So good to see the boycott expanding. Every outraged individual can send a message.

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Not the worst of it, but he also doesn’t understand the meaning of “sarcastic”.

Huge props to Williams & Connolly for this superbly designed and beautifully drafted act of simple decency in coming to the defense of Perkins Coie and the rule of law and justice when nearly all of Big Law stays shamefully silent abovethelaw.com/2025/03/perk...

Trump will personally chair the FIFA 2026 World Cup task force. With a trade war raging with Canada and Mexico, FIFA’s track record of shoddy governance, and Trump’s flair for ruining whatever he touches - what could go wrong? #FIFA #corruption #tradewar

That aged well.