In July, federal prosecutors secured a significant appellate victory affirming their power to prosecute foreign commercial bribery worldwide. Yet when defendants Hernán Lopez and Full Play Group petitioned for Supreme Court review, the DOJ reversed course, abandoning both the case and the precedent it had just won.

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) was founded in 2010 in Vienna, Austria, to provide anti-corruption education and training to professionals and practitioners, advance new research in the field, serve as a platform for dialogue and networking among specialists, and develop anti-corruption strategies and guidelines. At the end of November 2025, Drago Kos, one of IACA’s lecturers and previously Chair of the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery, was appointed as the Ac

Estimating the global volume of illicit financial flows stemming from tax evasion, laundering criminal proceeds, terrorist financing, financial fraud and corruption is an inexact science. The UN once estimated that 2%-5% of global GDP, or $800 billion - $2 trillion is laundered annually; in 2018, the IMF offered a range of $1.6-$4 trillion; in January 2024, Nasdaq gave an estimate of $3.1 trillion.

It is cliche to say that artificial intelligence will impact nearly every industry, bringing changes both predictable and not. The question of how AI is affecting the anticorruption space has been covered by BriberyMatters, including these pieces on learning; these on the opportunities and risks of using AI in compliance programs; and several of my own touching on how AI intersects with procurement reform and the importance of data reliability.

Eight weeks out from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and six months from North America hosting the FIFA World Cup, we’ll be discussing sports governance issues at the highest levels of sport—from diversity and inclusion to match-fixing, doping and corruption. For today’s post, I’m indulging in a little hometown pride in the city's embrace of the newest franchise in the Professional Women’s Hockey League, the Vancouver Goldeneyes.

FIFA’s decision to award its brand new “Peace Prize” to Donald Trump seemed less like a gesture toward global peace and unity and more a brazen exercise in pandering. The inaugural prize, which was created quietly, apparently without nominees, criteria, or any visible process, was handed out during the 2026 World Cup draw, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino hailing Trump for “extraordinary” actions for peace. It felt like Roman tribute.