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28-Nov-2011
Law enforcement must be able to impose appropriate penalties when companies bribe officials to win contracts or gain undue advantages. But calculating and confiscating the proceeds of this crime is difficult. To help governments meet this challenge, the OECD and the World Bank/UNODC Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) released today a new study on the Identification and Quantification of the Proceeds of Bribery.
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26-Oct-2011
Brazil has made strong progress over the past decade in the fight against misconduct in the public sector, but there is still room to improve procedures to detect and prevent improper acts by officials, according to a new OECD report.
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26-Oct-2011
Economic crime today is increasingly complex in nature and international in scope. To combat this threat effectively and bring justice to the victims of fraud and corruption, countries need to work in partnership with their counterparts on the world stage, as well as co-ordinate their activities with agencies closer to home. The purpose of this report is to give board-level readers in the UK and international businesses informed commentary on the impact of anti-fraud and anti-corruption legislation.
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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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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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16-Jun-2011
An updated summary of the tax treatment of bribes by the Parties to the Convention and Observer countries is now available. It includes new information concerning Australia and Mexico.
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25-May-2011
The OECD will today invite the Russian Federation to join the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery and to accede to the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention. Secretary-General Angel Gurría will sign an exchange of letters with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrey Denisov, and Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, at a ceremony with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting.
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Events
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on 13-Oct-2011
This Working Group on Bribery consultation with the private sector and civil society will focus on considerations that should be taken into account when conducting international business transactions that are subject to anti-bribery legislation in multiple jurisdictions.
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from 25-Jul-2011 to 29-Aug-2011
Policy makers and practitioners met at the Mexican Institute of Social Security (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social – IMSS) in Mexico City to learn about how Mexico manages its procurement cycle based on specific challenges in providing health services, within a specific legal and regulatory environment.
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from 17-Aug-2011 to 18-Aug-2011
The OECD has recently concluded two roundtable discussions in Mexico City with leading representatives of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), and the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), as well as with procurement leaders in major energy companies from OECD countries.
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on 13-Apr-2011
Government Internal Auditors will join national integrity experts to discuss the role that internal audit has contributed in preventing, detecting and reporting fraud and corruption within the public administration.
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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 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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