In December, the Illinois-based agriculture and food multinational Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) paid an eye-opening $54 million fine for allegedly giving corrupt Ukrainian officials $22 million over six years. The bribes weren't an attempt to get special treatment for its products or to win lucrative government contracts. According to U.S. authorities, ADM was instead trying to grease the wheels of the country's notoriously corrupt tax system by bribing officials to help the company get the $100 million tax rebate it was owed under Ukrainian law.
Foreign Policy: Ukraine’s culture of corruption
(L-R) Archer Daniels Midland President and CEO Patricia Woertz, Merck President and CEO Ken Frazier and Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Douglas Oberhelman arrive at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama and other business leaders Nov. 28, 2012 in Washington, DC
