Shin Bet did not have the authority, even under the defense of "necessity," to employ such methods. This ruling was hailed as landmark against using torture on Palestinian prisoners. Shabak claims it now uses only psychological means, although B'Tselem and Amnesty International continue to accuse Shabak of employing physical methods that amount to torture under international conventions. In 2015, Physicians for Human Rights–Israel noted that petitions against Shin Bet had quadrupled since 2012, and claimed that over the past several years of 850 complaints against Shin Bet for torture none had yet been investigated. It further claimed that no system of legal
The FCPA Blog transnational anti-corruption enforcement policies impact international relations and global investment practices. The FCPA Blog was launched by Richard L. Cassin from Singapore in August 2007. With a reported 70,000 or more monthly pageviews from virtually every country, the FCPA Blog is one of the leading anti-corruption compliance websites in the world. It is regularly cited by global, national, and local news organizations as a source for reporting about the FCPA and international anti-corruption enforcement. In 2010, the FCPA Blog published the first version of its list of the Top Ten FCPA Cases, which is now a regularly updated feature of