The previous cases in which the law has been invoked involved Goldman Sachs, the mining giant Glencore.
The Malaysian subsidiary of the bank admitted before an American court that it had paid more than $ 1 billion in bribes to win work to collect funds for the Malaysian heritage fund belonging to the State.
In 2022, the Swiss mining company Glencore said that it would pay $ 180 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo to settle complaints of corruption. He came after a series of cases of corruption led by countries such as the United States.
In 2024, the United States Ministry of Justice and the financial Watchdog The SECURITIES Exchange Commission tabled 26 measures to apply the law under the anti-corruption law, with at least 31 companies under the end of the end of the ‘year.
On the same day, Trump signed the order, the Ministry of Justice told federal prosecutors to abandon their corruption case against the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, who pleaded not guilty to accept illegal campaign funds And gifts in exchange for his influence as mayor. The White House said that the indictment had “restricted” the mayor’s ability to approach “illegal immigration and violent crimes”.
Trump also forgiven the former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, a democrat who served eight years in prison for accusations of corruption before his mandate was interrupted by Trump during his first mandate.
