Is Trade Compliance the Lone Ranger?
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Is Trade Compliance the Lone Ranger?

ByTrudy Wilson

Is Trade Compliance the Lone Ranger?  There are companies, surely not yours, where various departments are viewed as spokes around the hub of the trade compliance department. Each department operates as if trade compliance is accomplished “out there somewhere” rather than taking an active part in making sure the company meets its import and/or export…

FCA: Why We Need Whistleblowers . . . and How to Avoid Them
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FCA: Why We Need Whistleblowers . . . and How to Avoid Them

ByTrudy Wilson

President Abraham Lincoln had had enough. His troops at the front of the bloody Civil War were ill from rancid food, receiving lame mules and horses, faulty rifles and ammunition, all because of unscrupulous contractors to the U.S. government. As a result, Congress passed the False Claims Act (FCA) on 2 March 1863 which they hoped would provide a remedy for such…