A jury recently convicted Asante Kwaku Berko, a former Goldman Sachs (Goldman) executive director, for bribing government officials to secure a deal to construct a power plant in Ghana. While Berko now faces jail time, Goldman was able to avoid prosecution because its internal controls worked as intended, raising red flags and leading to cancellation of the crooked deal. The Anti-Corruption Report spoke with experts in the field about how the case demonstrates that an effective compliance program can both ferret out a rogue actor and protect the institution, and whether there is still room for bread-and-butter bribery enforcement during the second Donald Trump presidential administration. See “Zaglin Conviction Offers Insights on Individual Prosecutions in Trump 2.0” (Oct. 22, 2025).