Many companies uncover information about potential bribes themselves and then report it to the authorities in the hope of favourable treatment.
It comes amid signs that federal prosecutors are taking a newly aggressive approach to corruption cases — including treating campaign contributions as potential bribes.
There are reports that the F.B.I. is looking into potential bribes paid by a Russian billboard subsidiary of the company, so those costs are likely to grow over the next year.
Whether it was allegations of corruption in marketing and broadcast agreements or concerns over the potential bribing of the officials who voted on World Cup hosting rights, Mr. Blatter often found himself defending the organization's integrity.
In response to articles in The New York Times about bribery in its Mexican subsidiary, Wal-Mart started an internal review of its operations that has resulted in $93 million in legal expenses in just the last six months, a number that is sure to grow as it looks into potential bribes in Brazil, China and India.
The potential jurors' names are also being kept secret, according to CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman, in an effort to shield them from potential bribes and hit men.
Valcke has been accused of being party to a potential $10m£6.8m8m) bribe paid to Jack Warner, the former head of the North and Central America football governing body Concacaf, in return for his vote and backing to South Africa's successful bid to host the 2010 World Cup.
Conservative fiscal and monetary policies are hard to implement, because many governments like to bribe potential voters with their own money, and many voters like being bribed.
His intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence, systematically bribed potential opponents.
"You need additional resources to fan out and cover these investigations that may be spinoffs, with the potential of other bribes being paid".
