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23-Jun-2008
How do South Africa’s anti-bribery laws conform to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention? This report evaluates whether the legal texts through which South Africa has implemented the Anti-Bribery Convention meet the standards set by the Convention and 1997 Revised Recommendation, and highlights actions to implement the 1996 Recommendation on the tax deductibility of bribes to foreign public officials. The report also describes features of South Africa’s framework for enforcing the Anti-Bribery Convention.
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10-Jun-2008
As ongoing corporate bribery investigations and scandals make headlines around the world, Transparency International (TI) has published a working paper on the OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a set of social, labour, environmental and anti-corruption standards for transnational companies. This working paper explains the Guidelines and their relevance in fighting corruption in the private sector. Case studies illustrate recent instances when civil society has filed complaints in different countries related to bribery and other violations.
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10-Jun-2008
The Working Group on Bribery held an informal consultation with representatives of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce, Transparency International and other civil society organisations to discuss implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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29-Jan-2008
The OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions congratulates the Conference of State Parties on the occasion of its second session for its important accomplishments so far in combating corruption, including through the ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) by over one hundred countries and the substantial work of its various working groups.
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21-Nov-2007
"Much more needs to be done" to fight international corruption, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today at a conference in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
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12-Nov-2007
In his acceptance speech, Patrick Moulette, Head of the OECD Anti-Corruption Division, highlights the benefits that South Africa’s membership of the Convention will bring to the fight against corruption in Africa.
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25-Oct-2007
Chile should promptly adopt the necessary national legislation to improve its compliance with its international obligations under the Anti-Bribery Convention, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.
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18-Oct-2007
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has today issued a letter to Argentina, outlining its serious concerns about the postponement by Argentina of a visit to the country by an international team of experts.
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13-Jul-2007
Follow-up Report on the Implementation by the United Kingdom of the Phase 2 Recommendations on the Application of the OECD Convention and the 1997 Revised Recommendation on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
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03-Jul-2007
Slovenia should strengthen its efforts to raise public and private sector awareness about the fight against foreign bribery, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery. The low level of awareness about this issue could be a signal that the priority and commitment given to fighting corruption are declining in Slovenia. Also the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, which has played a central role in the field of corruption prevention, is facing abolition.
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Ten years after the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention entered into force, OECD legal expert Nicola Bonucci talks about its impact and the challenges ahead in the fight against corruption.
Interview with Nicola Bonucci
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The OECD fights corruption
