Top Anti-Corruption Officials Depart SEC Following Enforcement Pause

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Long-serving SEC Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) leaders Charles Cain and Tracy Price retired following the Trump administration’s February 2025 order pausing anti-bribery enforcement. Their departure represents a significant shift in anti-corruption regulatory oversight, occurring amid a broader exodus of SEC officials and a systematic pause in FCPA investigations.

Sources & Citations

[1] Top officials leave US SEC's anti-bribery unit, sources say · Apr 2, 2025 Tier 1

[2] Top Officials to Leave US SEC's Anti-Bribery Unit, Sources Say · Apr 2, 2025 Tier 1

[3] Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security · Feb 10, 2025 Tier 1

[4] SEC's FCPA Chief, Top Deputy Retire · Apr 2, 2025 Tier 2

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The Cascade Ledger. “Top Anti-Corruption Officials Depart SEC Following Enforcement Pause.” The Capture Cascade Timeline, April 2, 2025. https://capturecascade.org/event/2025-04-02--top-officials-leave-us-sec-s-anti-bribery-unit-sources-say/