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News & Events
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30-Nov-2011
The OECD today invited Colombia to join its Working Group on Bribery and to accede to the Anti-Bribery Convention. OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher signed an exchange of letters with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at a ceremony in Bogotá, making Colombia the 40th member of the Working Group on Bribery.
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01-Apr-2011
Many countries have introduced systems of asset declarations for public officials in order to prevent corruption. This book analyses existing practices in asset declaration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and in some OECD countries in Western Europe and North America.
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08-Mar-2011
The OECD and the International Law Students Association (ILSA) have joined together to develop the compromis for the 2011 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. For the first time, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises form part of the dispute.
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21-Jan-2011
The Working Group on Bribery adopted a Phase 1ter Report on the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act 2010 on 16 December 2010.
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24-Nov-2010
Co-published by the Asian Development Bank and the OECD, this thematic review on the criminalisation of bribery analyses the implementation of the main international standards on fighting the bribery of domestic and foreign public officials in 28 Asian and Pacific countries.
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24-Nov-2010
TRACE Inc. is conducting an anti-bribery benchmarking survey of the private sector. This survey was developed with input from the OECD. The objective of this survey is to advance the dialogue about foreign bribery and efforts to comply with the various treaties and laws proscribing it.
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20-Oct-2010
Transnational bribery enforcement under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has increased significantly since the last OECD evaluation of the implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention by the United States, according to a new OECD report.
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19-Oct-2010
Finland needs to take urgent steps to raise awareness among Finnish companies that they are criminally liable under Finnish law if they, or their local agents or subsidiaries on their behalf, bribe public officials when doing business abroad.
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Events
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from 27-Apr-2011 to 28-Apr-2011
Discussions at this conference focused on co-operation between governments and business in implementing the G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan, anti-corruption compliance, corruption in public procurement, sector-specific initiatives, commercial practices most exposed to corruption and next steps for business and the G20.
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from 10-May-2011 to 11-May-2011
Taking place in Bali, Indonesia, this international conference on bribery in international business transactions will focus on raising awareness of the risks foreign bribery poses to governments, businesses and individuals, reviewing legal frameworks for fighting foreign bribery, sharing of experiences and best practices in the fight against corruption, and fostering greater international co-operation in this area.
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on 16-Dec-2010
The International Bar Association (IBA), with the OECD, will host a live webcast interview with Working Group Chairman Mark Pieth, who will answer questions on current challenges in the fight against corruption and the role the legal profession could play to address these challenges.
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on 16-Dec-2010
This consultation, which is open to representatives of the private sector and civil society, will focus on the application of anti-bribery compliance measures to small- and medium-sized enterprises and the OECD Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics and Compliance.
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on 31-May-2010
“For the global economy, corruption is dangerous,” he said at the OECD in Paris on 31 May. “The consequence is economic decay, not development. And that’s why corruption demands a truly global response – one that knows no limits on collaboration.”
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on 05-Oct-2010
Trop rares sont ceux qui ont conscience que la corruption peut coûter cher aux coupables. Une initiative mondiale de l'OCDE vise à mettre en évidence l’importance de la lutte contre la corruption transnationale et à aider les gouvernements, les entreprises, la société civile et les individus à lutter ensemble contre ce type de comportement extrêmement préjudiciable.
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from 29-Mar-2010 to 31-Mar-2010
Organised in Paris, these meetings included the 8th Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan meeting, the 9th Steering Group meeting and an expert seminar on asset declarations for public officials.
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on 19-Jan-2010
OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher and the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Justice the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP and UK Permanent Representative to the OECD Dominic Martin talked about the challenges of tackling bribery at a Chatham House conference in London, United Kingdom.
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on 09-Dec-2009
Thirty-eight countries agree to new measures to reinforce their efforts to prevent, detect and investigate foreign bribery with the adoption of the OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
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