FBI stepping up efforts to root out international corruption

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is stepping up its efforts to root out foreign corruption with a new squad of agents based in Miami.
The squad begins later this month as part of the bureau’s international corruption unit. The agents will focus not only on Miami but also South America.
Leslie Backschies is the chief of the FBI’s international corruption unit. She says the agents are “protecting the rule of law.”
The unit aims to identify violations of a U.S. law, the Forei