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DOJ Appoints FCPA Unit Chief

The Department of Justice last week moved David Last to officially head the Fraud Section’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 12. Last has been serving as acting unit chief since April. A DOJ spokesperson…

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declined to comment. Last’s appointment is the latest effort by DOJ to staff its FCPA unit with “experienced prosecutors,” Wiley Rein said. The agency has added six new assistant chiefs since the beginning of this year, which “reinforce the current Administration’s focus on proactive FCPA enforcement” and its belief that anti-corruption is a “core national security interest.”