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This scheme is also common in situations where there is recurring
business activity in a particular region or country.
Red Flag:
• Winning bids where products are not invoiced directly to the
principal purchaser on record for the tender
Bribes Paid with Funds under the Control of Intermediaries
Retention of control over funds means that Red Flags become visible,
which may result in suspicions giving rise to investigations. As a result,
some corporations have recognized a need to relinquish control and allow
third parties to do the dirty work for them without having control over
funds. Their goal is to conceal ties between the bribe paid and the corpo-
ration itself. This tends to increase the cost to the corpora ...