U.S. Congress should move quickly to pass the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
A statement from the U.S. office of Transparency InternationalWashington, D.C. – The U.S. Congress should pass the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), introduced in the House of Representatives last August, Transparency International said today. The bill would expand current federal bribery law to cover any foreign official who “corruptly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value” to influence an official act. “This short, simple and commonsense change to existing law would