that corruption poses asevere threat to domestic and international security has galvanized efforts to combat it in the United States and abroad. See, CLs Intl Anti- Corruption and Good Governance Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-309, § 202, 114 Stat. 1090 (codified as amended at 22 US.C. §§ 2151-2152 (2000)) (n