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About the Enforcement Data
The Working Group on Bribery enforcement data, published for the first time in June 2010 and updated in March 2011, includes the number of criminal, administrative and civil cases of foreign bribery that have resulted in a final disposition, such as a criminal conviction or acquittal, or similar findings under an administrative or civil procedure.
Some countries have also voluntarily provided data on sanctions for foreign-bribery related accounting misconduct and inadequate internal controls, falling under Article 8 of the Anti-Bribery Convention. This data will be included in future tables, but for now only the data from the United States on such sanctions is provided, due to the significant extent of US enforcement in this area.
This enforcement data will be updated regularly by the Working Group on Bribery.
Highlights from the Working Group on Bribery enforcement data collected as of March 2011 include:
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199 individuals and 91 entities have been sanctioned under criminal proceedings for foreign bribery in 13 Parties between the time the Convention entered into force in 1999 and the end of 2010.
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At least 54 of the sanctioned individuals were sentenced to prison for foreign bribery.
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A record amount of EUR 1.24 billion was imposed in combined fines on a single company for foreign bribery.
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Approximately 260 investigations are ongoing in 15 Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention. Criminal charges have been laid against over 120 individuals and 20 entities in 5 Parties.
Enforcement Data Collected from the 38 Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention Decisions on Foreign Bribery Cases from 1999 to December 2010
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