Even so, I think it's an interesting development. It's a sign that the FCPA really is having an effect, in that Unaoil appears to be a bribery outsourcing firm, a way of creating plausible deniability. But its success at serving that market makes it a very attractive target to law enforcement.

Corruption, like cancer, always happens. It's inevitable when you build large systems out of individual pieces that have their own needs and agency. But as with cancer, as long as you can keep it to a minimum generally and deal well with the occasional flare-up, it's not fatal.