It was finallypersuaded to banexplicitly the bribingofforeignofficials by Britishcitizensandcompanies, no matterwhere the offence took place, in the anti-terrorismact of 2001.
The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it a crime for US corporations and their subsidiaries to bribe foreignofficials, and some other large US companies have found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which came into force in 1977, was unique in criminalizing the bribery of foreign public officialsand requiring American companies to meet bribery-related accounting and auditing standards.