A Q&A guide to financial crime in the United States.

The Q&A gives a high-level overview of matters relating to corporate fraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and market abuse, money laundering, terrorist financing and breaches of financial/trade sanctions, financial record keeping, due diligence, establishing corporate liability, cartels, immunity and leniency, cross-border co-operation, whistleblowing, and managing exposure to corruption and corporate crime. The Q&A provides details of the specific offences, regulatory authorities and their investigation and enforcement powers, safeguards, civil suits, reaching settlement with the authorities, and reforms, trends and developments.