Canada’s enforcement of the foreign bribery offence still lagging; must urgently boost efforts to prosecute

Although Canada has recently made progress in investigating the bribery of foreign public officials by Canadian businesses, Canada has only completed one prosecution since it enacted its foreign bribery law in 1999.

Germany’s strong foreign bribery enforcement should be matched with tougher sanctions

Germany has cracked down on the bribery of foreign public officials in recent years, prosecuting and sanctioning nearly 70 individuals and 6 companies to date. But it should do even more to prosecute companies and should apply tougher sanctions.

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