This chart identifies the total bribery payments alleged in groups of related Enforcement Actions, per year over the life of the FCPA. Bribery payments are culled from Enforcement Actions linked to an FCPA Matter, and are adjusted to avoid double counting that could otherwise occur when, for example, the same or affiliated defendants are sued in different Enforcement Actions for the same underlying misconduct. Bribery payments referenced in FCPA-related Investigations are excluded from this analysis. Bribery payments are aggregated annually according to the initiation date of the earliest related Enforcement Action, not the year in which the bribes were paid. Offers or promises to pay bribes that are not actually paid are excluded from the total to the extent they can be segregated. Bribery totals include all completed bribery payments that allegedly violate any provision of the FCPA (including bribery payments that are made to private individuals in violation of the books and records or internal controls provisions of the FCPA). The data used to generate this graphic were culled from publicly available documents filed in connection with the Enforcement Actions, and may not reflect all bribery payments that were offered or made. A $0 value for a particular year could mean that no bribery payments were made, that the value of the alleged bribery payments was not disclosed or, alternatively, that no FCPA-related Enforcement Actions were filed in that year. See About Us - Datasets for definitions of "Enforcement Action" and "FCPA Matter."

This chart identifies the average bribery payments, average revenues generated from bribery payments, and average profits earned from bribery payments, alleged in groups of related Enforcement Actions initiated within the last ten years. Bribery, revenue and profit figures are culled from Enforcement Actions linked to an FCPA Matter and are adjusted to avoid double counting that may otherwise occur when, for example, the same or affiliated defendants are sued in separate Enforcement Actions for the same underlying misconduct. All values are aggregated annually according to the initiation date of the earliest related Enforcement Action, not the year in which the bribes were paid or the revenue or profit received. Bribes that are promised or offered but not actually paid are excluded from the totals to the extent they can be segregated. Bribery totals include all completed bribery payments that allegedly violate any provision of the FCPA (including bribery payments that are made to private individuals in violation of the books and records or internal controls provisions of the FCPA). The data used to generate this graphic were culled from publicly available documents filed in connection with the Enforcement Actions, and may not reflect all bribery payments that were offered or made, or all revenue or profit that was ultimately earned from the bribery. This graphic only provides data for the years 2005 to present because very little data is available for earlier years. A $0 value for a particular year could mean that no bribery payments were made or no revenue or profit received, that the value of the bribery, revenue or profit was not disclosed or, alternatively, that no FCPA-related Enforcement Actions were filed in that year. See About Us - Datasets for definitions of "Enforcement Action" and "FCPA Matter."

This chart identifies the percentage of groups of related Enforcement Actions that allege particular types of bribes. Data is culled from Enforcement Actions linked to an FCPA Matter and is adjusted to avoid double counting that could otherwise occur when, for example, multiple different defendants are sued in multiple different Enforcement Actions based on the same bribery scheme. Each unique type of bribe is counted once per Matter. If a Matter’s bribery scheme includes several different types of bribes, that Matter will be counted once for each unique type of bribe implicated. Bribery information that is disclosed in Investigations is excluded from this analysis. The data used to generate this graphic were culled from publicly available documents filed in connection with the Enforcement Actions, and may not reflect all bribes that were offered or made. See About Us - Datasets for definitions of "Enforcement Action" and "FCPA Matter."

This chart identifies the percentage of groups of related Enforcement Actions that allege particular types of bribes other than money. Data is culled from Enforcement Actions linked to an FCPA Matter and is adjusted to avoid double counting that could otherwise occur when, for example, multiple different defendants are sued in multiple different Enforcement Actions based on the same bribery scheme. Each unique type of bribe is counted once per Matter. If a Matter’s bribery scheme includes payment of several different types of bribes, that Matter will be counted once for each unique type of bribe implicated. Bribery information that is disclosed in Investigations is excluded from this analysis. The data used to generate this graphic were culled from publicly available documents filed in connection with the Enforcement Actions, and may not reflect all bribes that were offered or made. See About Us - Datasets for definitions of "Enforcement Action" and "FCPA Matter."