The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a former Goldman Sachs official with paying bribes in Ghana in order to win work on the construction of a power plant, for a Turkish company.
The USโ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is the benchmark for anti-corruption efforts around the world but the ways in which it is being used are changing, as various countries work on their own efforts.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has ended its investigation of Eni over the OPL 245 affair and Algeria, the Italian company has said, without taking any further action.