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FBI Increasingly Probes for Corruption Overseas Since 2015, the FBI has expanded its international corruption unit with three new squads across the country FBI offices in Miami. The bureau set up an international corruption squad there in 2019 to more closely monitor illicit activity tied to Latin America. Photo: Matias J. Ocner/Zuma Press By Dec. 31, 2020 12:00 pm ET The Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken on a bigger role in foreign investigations with U.S. ties, expanding its international corruption unit in recent years to pursue individuals and organizations involved in crimes such as bribery, kleptocracy and antitrust. The bureau’s newest international corruption squad in particular, set up last year in Miami, shows how agents are helping tackle foreign bribery through enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and kleptocracy violations via U.S. money-laundering rules. The ....