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Thirty-nine 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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30-Mar-2012
Hungary’s law banning bribery of foreign public officials is relatively good on paper but lacks effective application, according to a new OECD report. Hungary must strengthen detection and prosecution of individuals and companies involved in foreign bribery.
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30-Mar-2012
The United Kingdom has significantly boosted its foreign bribery enforcement efforts but needs to be more transparent when resolving cases. The opaque process and low level of information available about settlements may fail to instil public and judicial confidence, according to a new OECD report.
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15-Mar-2012
Keynote remarks by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría at the 10th Annual International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Conference addressed the role of legal professionals in the frontline of the fight against corruption.
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17-Feb-2012
Russia today took a major step toward upholding international anti-bribery standards by depositing its instrument of accession to the OECD Convention at a ceremony at the OECD in Paris. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría received Russia’s instrument of accession from First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Denisov and First Deputy Minister of Justice Fedorov
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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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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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