Will the Haiti Telco Sentences Deter Bribery?
The Haiti Telco case stands as the Justice Department’s crown jewel of individual prosecutions. Judge Jose Martinez sentenced Joel Esquenazi to a 15-year sentence (180 months) and co-defendant Carlo Rodriguez to 7 years (84 months). Last year, Judge Martinez sentenced two other defendants, Juan Diaz, and Robert Antoine, to 57 and 48 months respectively. Judge Martinez has now imposed the longest, and the third, sixth...