Fcpa Compliance Report

Welcome to a special five-part podcast series where I take a deep dive into the Miller & Chevalier Chartered 2020 Latin American Corruption Survey. Over this five-part series I will visit with firm lawyers James Tillen, Matt Ellis, Alexandra Almonte and Greg Bates. Miller & Chevalier and 14 partner firms have tracked perspectives on anti-corruption issues in the region since 2008. It is the most comprehensive survey on the perception of corruption in Latin America.  This year, 54 percent of survey respondents said corruption is a significant obstacle to doing business – up 10 percent since 2012 – while only 45 percent of respondents believe offenders are likely to be prosecuted, down from 66 percent in 2008. Despite Latin America's anti-corruption progress over the last decade this new survey data reveals corruption risk to be at an all-time high across the region. In this Episode 1, I visit with firm Member James Tillen on the Survey’s findings on region-wide corruption risks and region-wide perceptions of c