Tagged: Mexico

Stericycle’s Misconduct: Pervasive and Systemic Bribery Schemes (Part II of III)

We always learn important compliance lessons from digging into foreign bribery schemes.  The Stericycle bribery misconduct is instructive because of its pervasive operations with the participation of numerous executives and employees, and third party vendors. In the end, we always come down to a basic truth – a fish rots from the head, and in this case, it is clear that Stericycle’s Latin American division’s...

Mexico’s New Anti-Corruption Initiative

Mexico has amended its laws and administrative procedures to implement a new and aggressive administrative anti-corruption regime. Mexico’s efforts have won praise from the OECD and other anti-corruption interest groups. The law extends new anti-corruption prohibitions beyond the federal level but to Mexican states and local governments. In the face of continuing controversies surrounding corruption in Mexico, President Pena Nieto, who ran a campaign in...