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When a decently sized percentage of it goes to "independent monitors" almost entirely run by ex-DOJ revolving door types, yeah. See https://www.forbes.com/glob

by which 2y ago

When a decently sized percentage of it goes to "independent monitors" almost entirely run by ex-DOJ revolving door types, yeah. See https://www.forbes.com/global/2010/0607/companies-payoffs-washington-extortion-mendelsohn-bribery-racket.html https://www.forbes.com/global/2010/0607/companies-payoffs-wa... And some think that FCPA enforcement and huge fines targeted at European companies like BNP Paribas motivated the creation of the EU tech extortion apparatus.

some_random 2y ago
If you're going to argue that then it's not a bribe it's extortion which is very much a different thing.