Quid Pro Quo: The Deus Ex Machina of Bribery Law?

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Rick Messick

In a recent post Phil spotted an apparent anomaly in U.S. anticorruption laws: these laws make it is easier to get away with bribing an American politician than a non-American one.  As Phil explains, the difference arises from what seems to be the higher burden the prosecution must meet to prove that what is ostensibly a campaign contribution is in reality a bribe when the recipient is an American politician rather than a non-U.S. officeholder.

http://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2014/07/23/quid-pro-quo-the-deus-ex-machina-of-bribery-law/