The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the DOJ, and the SEC
Just this year, the companies of Halliburton and KBR, Inc. were charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. They accepted, and made, payoffs in order to ensure the continuance of construction contracts. Many other bits of evidence were found that further proved that they were committing acts of bribery, such as violations regarding [...]
Worldwide Decriminalization of Drugs
The battle to decriminalize drugs, especially marijuana, here in the United States has been going on for some time. Many advocates believe that, if legalized and tightly regulated, it would decrease the number of people using harder drugs and severely cut the amount of money going to dangerous drug cartels. In fact many countries have [...]