How Trump Has Rewritten the Corruption Rulebook at Home and Abroad

Ahead of the 3 November US midterm elections, OCCRP’s North America editor Kevin G. Hall has published an explainer assessing how US anti-corruption policy has changed during President Trump’s second term, drawing on interviews with experts.

The piece examines changes to US anti-corruption laws, institutions and enforcement, including scaled-back enforcement and the loss of beneficial ownership data, which a federal spending watchdog has said hampers fraud detection in government contracting. It also considers the effects abroad and whether Democrats have a plan to reverse course. The White House did not respond to OCCRP’s request for comment before publication.

OCCRP discloses that it previously received USAID grants and is a plaintiff in litigation over the termination of that funding. For compliance teams, the shifting US enforcement picture is relevant to how cross-border bribery and beneficial ownership risk is assessed.

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