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Thirty-eight countries are parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and have adopted the 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation. Complying with the Convention requires unwavering support from the OECD and its Working Group on Bribery. Country monitoring and extensive follow-up help to ensure that these countries win the fight against bribery. Permanent url: www.oecd.org/daf/nocorruption/convention
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12-Jan-2012
Italy should extend its statute of limitations to allow more time to prosecute and sanction companies and individuals in foreign bribery cases. The existing limit is the primary reason that significant enforcement efforts have led to only limited results, according to a new OECD report.
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12-Jan-2012
Japan is still not actively detecting and investigating foreign bribery cases and, as a result, the enforcement of Japan’s anti-bribery law remains low, according to a new OECD report.
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12-Jan-2012
The OECD Working Group on Bribery congratulates Switzerland on its first conviction of a company for foreign bribery and recommends that it continue its enforcement efforts, according to a new OECD report. However, the OECD is concerned that there has been only one other conviction, of an individual, for foreign bribery since Switzerland enacted the offence in 2000.
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28-Nov-2011
Law enforcement must be able to impose appropriate penalties when companies bribe officials to win contracts or gain undue advantages. But calculating and confiscating the proceeds of this crime is difficult. To help governments meet this challenge, the OECD and the World Bank/UNODC Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) released today a new study on the Identification and Quantification of the Proceeds of Bribery.
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19-Oct-2011
Korea has improved its information and intelligence gathering capacity in foreign bribery cases, but should be more proactive in investigating allegations, according to a new OECD report. Korea has successfully prosecuted nine foreign bribery cases since 2002; most of them involved the bribery of foreign military staff on Korean soil.
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19-Oct-2011
Mexico has improved, but needs to give greater priority to the criminal enforcement of bribery and ensure that its criminal law enforcement authorities have all the resources and expertise they need to seriously investigate all allegations, according to a new OECD report.
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on 13-Oct-2011
This Working Group on Bribery consultation with the private sector and civil society will focus on considerations that should be taken into account when conducting international business transactions that are subject to anti-bribery legislation in multiple jurisdictions.
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25-May-2011
The OECD will today invite the Russian Federation to join the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery and to accede to the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention. Secretary-General Angel Gurría will sign an exchange of letters with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrey Denisov, and Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, at a ceremony with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting.
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