NO SAFE HAVEN: DOJ CAN AND WILL SEIZE PROCEEDS OF WHOLLY FOREIGN CORRUPTION

A recent civil forfeiture complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against properties in Louisiana owned by a Honduran national provides yet another example of the expansive jurisdiction asserted by the U.S. government under U.S. money laundering and asset forfeiture laws, and serves as a reminder to corporations and individuals abroad how easily even wholly foreign criminal conduct may come within the reach of U.S. law enforcement authorities. The complaint is based on wholly foreign bribery involving a Honduran corporation bribing a Honduran government official. The complaint was filed by the Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, which was launched in 2010 and has become increasingly active in recent years.

• Courchaine DavidR.
• Hamann

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