siemens and three of its subsidiaries pleaded guilty in december 2008 to charges of violating the u.s. foreign corrupt practices act from 1998 to 2007.
西门子公司及其三个分支机构于当年12月份被判有罪,被控1998年至2007年违反美国反海外腐败法。
the obama administration has revamped a piece of post-watergate legislation—the foreign corrupt practices act (fcpa)—and is using it to pursue corporate malefactors the world over.