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The '''Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977''' ('''FCPA''') ({{UnitedStatesCode|15|78dd-1}}, ''et seq.'') is a [[United States federal law]] known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the [[Securities Exchange Act of 1934]] and another concerning [[bribery]] of [[foreign official]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |first=T. Markus |last=Funk |date=September 10, 2010 |title=Getting What They Pay For: The Far-Reaching Impact Of the Dodd-Frank Act's 'Whistleblower Bounty' Incentives on FCPA Enforcement |work=White Collar Crime Report |publisher=[[Bureau of National Affairs]] |volume=5 |issue=19 |pages=1–3 |url=http://www.perkinscoie.com/files/upload/COMM_10_09_WhiteCollarCrimeReport.pdf}}</ref>  The act was amended in 1988 and in 1998. {{as of| 2012}} there were continued congressional concerns.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Business Law Today: The Essentials|last = LeRoy Miller|first = Roger|publisher = South-Western Cengage Learning|year = 2011|isbn = 1-133-19135-5|location = United States|pages = 127}}</ref>
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The '''Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977''' ('''FCPA''') is a [[United States federal law]] known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the [[Securities Exchange Act of 1934]] and another concerning [[bribery]] of [[foreign official]]s.<ref>[http://www.perkinscoie.com/files/upload/COMM_10_09_WhiteCollarCrimeReport.pdf Funk, T. Markus (September 10, 2010). "Getting What They Pay For: The Far-Reaching Impact Of the Dodd-Frank Act's 'Whistleblower Bounty' Incentives on FCPA Enforcement" (PDF). White Collar Crime Report. Bureau of National Affairs. 5 (19): ]</ref>   
  
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It is a major part of the US system of [[lawfare]] as a foreign policy tool.
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The FCPA was not rigorously enforced for its first two and a half decades. From [[1977]] to [[2001]], only twenty-one companies and twenty-six individuals were convicted for criminal violation of the legislation.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=u06m3epox7wC&pg=PT505&lpg=PT505&dq=rigorously+enforced+for+its+first+two+and+a+half+decades&source=bl&ots=TiHp63bEwN&sig=GQ4y7TY-OSnn0-fLqXgkzwvDjug&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH-fG5zo7VAhUDalAKHQSqAfQQ6AEIFDAA Andrew Feinstein, The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade]</ref>
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From careful beginnings has become a major tool of statecraft

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) is a United States federal law known primarily for two of its main provisions, one that addresses accounting transparency requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and another concerning bribery of foreign officials.[1]

It is a major part of the US system of lawfare as a foreign policy tool.

The FCPA was not rigorously enforced for its first two and a half decades. From 1977 to 2001, only twenty-one companies and twenty-six individuals were convicted for criminal violation of the legislation.[2]

Since then, it is more and more frequently used.


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