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FCPA Compliance: When a Foreign Official is a Third-Party (Part II of V)

Compliance officers are trained to spot risks.  They have an eagle eye and keen sensitivity.  In some cases they have to overcome inaccurate designations – my favorite is a “PEP,” a politically exposed person.  I sometimes hear the compliance equivalent of an “Oh, no, we can’t do business with him or her – he or she is a PEP.”  Of course, we all know that...