10-July-2019
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The OECD Working Group on Bribery has serious concerns that recent steps taken by Greece may leave the country in breach of the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention. On 11 June 2019, Greece amended the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. As a result, the main active bribery offence was converted from felony to a misdemeanour, which is a less serious offence.
3-July-2019
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Japan must step up enforcement of its foreign bribery laws and strengthen the capacities of its law enforcement agencies to proactively detect, investigate and prosecute the foreign bribery offence, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
1-July-2019
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The OECD Working Group on Bribery reaffirms the importance of the independence of prosecutors and judges and is concerned that Brazil’s achievements in fighting corruption may be seriously jeopardised by recent legislative developments.
12-June-2019
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The OECD Working Group on Bribery has since 2012 repeatedly urged Sweden to reform its laws to ensure the investigation and prosecution of companies that bribe foreign public officials to obtain advantages in international business.
26-April-2019
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The OECD Working Group on Bribery has repeatedly recommended since 2012 that Russia rectify key legislative deficiencies in order to comply with the Convention on Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (Anti-Bribery Convention).
17-April-2019
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Uzbekistan has initiated ambitious anti-corruption reforms to overhaul many areas of public governance, backed by political commitment at the highest level. These reform efforts, however, are still at the early stages of implementation and more needs to be done, according to a new OECD report.
17-April-2019
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This report was adopted at the Anti-Corruption Network meeting in March 2019 at the OECD in Paris.
4-April-2019
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This report was adopted at the Anti-Corruption Network meeting in March 2019 at the OECD in Paris.
1-April-2019
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In 2019, the OECD Working Group on Bribery launched its fourth phase of monitoring the implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Austria.
26-March-2019
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Non-trial resolutions, often referred to as settlements, have been the predominant means of enforcing foreign bribery and other related offences since the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention 20 years ago. This study by the OECD reviews both the main features of non-trial resolutions and their use to resolve foreign bribery cases.