FBI stepping up efforts to end international corruptionThe J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in Washington. “We’re protecting the rule of law,” Leslie Backschies, the chief of the FBI’s international corruption unit, said in an interview Monday. Prosecutors have scored 34 convictions in cases brought by the international corruption unit from 2016 until 2018. Agents also have to be conscious of any potential political ramifications because international corruption cases can have widespread effects that influence elections and economies, Backschies said. In addition to regular conversations about cases, FBI supervisors meet with lawyers at the Justice Department in Washington each quarter to review potential prosecutions and the possible consequences.

Source: Standard Digital March 05, 2019 09:22 UTC