cd Corruption: Luxembourg must implement without delay its legislation against the bribery of foreign public officials, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Luxembourg must step up its efforts to detect and prosecute cases of bribery of foreign public officials, particularly now that its legal framework has been strengthened, in compliance with the Anti-Bribery Convention Full Article
cd The OECD acknowledges progress made, and says Mexico should further prioritise fighting foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
cd Korea making notable progress on fighting foreign bribery; further improvements needed, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT 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. Full Article
cd OECD recognises Switzerland’s commitment to the fight against foreign bribery and recommends further improvements By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Phase 3 Report on Switzerland by the OECD Working Group on Bribery evaluates and makes recommendations on Switzerland 's implementation and application of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments. Full Article
cd Identification and Quantification of the Proceeds of Bribery: A joint OECD-StAR analysis By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Bribery of public officials is harmful to good governance, economic development and competitive conditions. Confiscation and recovery of the proceeds derived from foreign bribery are key elements in the international framework to fight corruption of public officials. Full Article
cd Slovak Republic must urgently introduce effective legislation holding companies liable for foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT 20/06/2012 - The Slovak Republic must urgently meet its obligations under the Convention it signed 12 years ago and introduce an effective corporate liability regime so that Slovak companies are held accountable for the bribery of foreign public officials in cross-border business deals, says a new OECD report. Full Article
cd OECD to peer review Chile's supreme audit institution By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:28:00 GMT OECD signed agreement for a peer review with the Comptroller General of Chile Full Article
cd OECD seriously concerned at lack of foreign bribery convictions in France, but recognises recent efforts to ensure independence of prosecutors By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:33:00 GMT France should intensify its efforts to combat the bribery of foreign public officials. Only five convictions – of which one, under appeal, involves a company – have been handed down in twelve years. Full Article
cd OECD seriously concerned by lack of foreign bribery convictions, but encouraged by recent efforts by the Australian Federal Police By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT Australia’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low, with just a single case leading to prosecutions out of 28 referrals in 13 years. Cases may have been closed prematurely. Australia must vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations. Full Article
cd Colombia joins OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:00:00 GMT Colombia will become the 40th Party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on 19 January 2013. Full Article
cd Gesetze gegen Auslandsbestechung in Österreich unzureichend umgesetzt – OECD setzt auf baldige Verbesserung By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT Die OECD-Arbeitsgruppe gegen Bestechung bedauert, dass in Österreich bisher noch kein Urteil wegen der Bestechung von ausländischen Amtsträgern ergangen ist, obwohl seit der Ratifizierung des entsprechenden OECD-Übereinkommens vor 13 Jahren eine Reihe von Vorwürfen vorlag. Full Article
cd Austria’s enforcement of foreign bribery laws far too weak, but could pick up soon says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery regrets that Austria has not had a conviction of bribing foreign public officials despite a number of allegations, 13 years after ratifying the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. However, enforcement appears to be picking up, with one case being tried, two more cases soon to be tried, and four ongoing investigations. Full Article
cd Netherlands must significantly step up its foreign bribery enforcement, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:27:00 GMT The Netherlands is failing to vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations and must do more to enforce its foreign bribery laws. Fourteen out of 22 foreign bribery allegations have not triggered the opening of an investigation, calling into question the Netherlands’ ability and proactivity in investigating and prosecuting this crime. Full Article
cd OECD seriously concerned by absence of foreign bribery convictions in Spain By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:40:00 GMT Spain’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low, with not a single prosecution out of only seven investigations in 13 years since joining the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Spain must vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations and strengthen its legal framework for fighting bribery by addressing gaps in its Penal Code, says a new OECD report. Full Article
cd OECD takes aim at software technologies used by businesses to evade taxes By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT The OECD has released a study to help all countries understand and address the risks of sales suppression software. It describes some of the most common electronic sales suppression techniques and shows how these methods can be detected by tax auditors. The report also considers the approaches already adopted by countries in combating this risk and highlights a number of best practices. Full Article
cd OECD Integrity Week 2013 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:56:00 GMT A series of high-level public events and committee meetings addressing the issue of integrity and anti-corruption take place at the OECD during the week of 22-26 April 2013. Full Article
cd India-OECD seminar on fighting bribery in business transactions By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:00 GMT Co-organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the OECD in New Delhi, discussions at this seminar focused on corruption challenges facing Indian companies today and what can be done to overcome these challenges. Full Article
cd Portugal needs proactive enforcement to tackle severe foreign bribery risks, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT Portugal’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low. Not a single prosecution has resulted from 15 allegations of Portuguese companies bribing foreign officials in high-risk countries. Full Article
cd OECD Forum on Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:31:00 GMT The Forum addressed key challenges in designing and implementing a system that ensures compliance in a cost-effective way. Full Article
cd OECD Working Group on Bribery Elects New Chair By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery has designated Slovenian national Drago Kos to serve as the Group’s new Chair. Full Article
cd Despite certain progress, the OECD remains concerned with Russia’s compliance with key provisions of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT Russia has yet to address key provisions of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, which entered into force in Russia in April 2012. It has not yet fully implemented recommendations for strengthening its framework for combating foreign bribery and should be more proactive in detecting, investigating and prosecuting foreign bribery cases. Full Article
cd Belgium should address “flagrant” lack of resources for fighting foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT Fighting foreign bribery is not a priority in Belgium. Together with the flagrant lack of resources for Belgian law enforcement authorities, this has resulted in very few foreign bribery investigations and prosecutions. In the 14 years since the entry into force of the foreign bribery offence in Belgium, only one case of bribery of foreign public officials has been concluded. Full Article
cd New Zealand not immune from foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT New Zealand must significantly increase its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. Since joining the Convention over 12 years ago, New Zealand has not prosecuted any cases of foreign bribery and only four allegations have surfaced to date. Outdated perceptions that New Zealand individuals and companies do not bribe may have also undermined detection efforts. Full Article
cd Costa Rica adheres to OECD instruments during visit by OECD Secretary-General By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:00:00 GMT Costa Rica adhered today to OECD legal instruments on Internet governance and international business conduct, demonstrating its willingness to align its policies to best practices in these areas and work together with the Organisation. Full Article
cd Roundtable on the Impact of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention 15 Years On By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:05:00 GMT This roundtable focused on the impact the Anti-Bribery Convention has had on the global anti-bribery agenda since its entry into force in 1999, as well as what should be done to ensure the Convention's continued relevance going forward. Full Article
cd OECD Working Group on Bribery report on Ireland launches Wednesday 18 December 2013 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:38:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery will release a report tomorrow Wednesday 18 December at 12.00 CET/11.00 Dublin time on Ireland’s efforts to fight foreign bribery. Full Article
cd Ireland must urgently apply more resources to enforce Anti-Bribery Convention, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:00:00 GMT Ireland should increase its resources to detect and investigate foreign bribery more efficiently. Resources have, in recent years, been largely devoted to investigating non-bribery cases in the financial sector. Ireland has not prosecuted a foreign bribery case in the twelve years since its foreign bribery offence came into force, and law enforcement has taken few proactive steps to investigate allegations. Full Article
cd Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: Measuring OECD Responses By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:40:00 GMT Strengthening OECD firewalls can only do so much to combat a phenomenon which thrives on weak governance. This report highlights that donor agencies can support this goal through their central role in linking OECD and developing countries, and using their aid to support governments willing to tackle these issues. Full Article
cd Progress made but Chile should better detect and thoroughly investigate foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:00:00 GMT Chile has made positive efforts to implement the Convention, but there has not been a single foreign bribery conviction. Chile did not sufficiently investigate several of the six foreign bribery allegations that have surfaced since 2001. Chile should improve its investigative and detection efforts, says OECD Full Article
cd Lack of enforcement jeopardises South Africa’s fight against foreign bribery; OECD concerned that political and economic considerations may be an influence By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:00:00 GMT South Africa must take urgent steps to proactively investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. No foreign bribery cases have been prosecuted since South Africa joined the Convention in 2007. The 4 on-going investigations – out of only 10 allegations that have surfaced to date – are also far from reaching the prosecution stage, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery. Full Article
cd Latvia to join OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:51:00 GMT Latvia has taken an important step on the road to OECD membership by completing the process to become a member of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Latvia will become the 41st Party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on 30 May 2014. Full Article
cd Estonia needs to promptly address rising foreign bribery risks, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:01:00 GMT Estonia’s framework for combating foreign bribery may be inadequate to efficiently tackle rising foreign bribery risks resulting from its increasingly export-intensive economy. Full Article
cd Slovenia must urgently prioritise the fight against foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:15:00 GMT Serious steps must be taken by Slovenia to ensure that it effectively detects, investigates and prosecutes allegations of transnational bribery. Full Article
cd Statement of OECD Working Group on Bribery on Spain’s efforts to amend its Penal Code and to enforce its foreign bribery offence By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:37:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery supports Spain’s efforts to further reform its Penal Code to bring its anti-bribery law into line with its international obligations under the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. Full Article
cd Statement of OECD on Japan’s Efforts to Increase Foreign Bribery Enforcement By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:43:00 GMT Due to serious concerns about the extremely low level of enforcement of Japan’s offence of bribing foreign public officials – just three prosecutions since 1999 – the OECD Working Group on Bribery recommended in December 2013 that Japan establish an Action Plan to organise police and prosecution resources to be able to proactively detect, investigate and prosecute cases of foreign bribery by Japanese companies. Full Article
cd ADB-OECD Conference on fighting corruption and building trust in Asia and the Pacific By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:37:00 GMT 3-4 September 2014, Phnom Penh, Cambodia: This conference focused on the key levers for restoring trust in government and building trust by and in the private sector and civil society. Full Article
cd Webcast on anti-corruption ethics and compliance tools from UNODC, OECD, World Bank By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:43:00 GMT Based on the OECD-UNODC-World Bank Anti-Corruption Ethics and Compliance Handbook, this webcast organised by KPMG offered an opportunity for attendees to learn about and understand the value of anti-corruption and ethics compliance best practices and how to use them to enhance their programmes. Full Article
cd OECD bolsters relationship with Ukraine By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:00:00 GMT The 34-member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development welcomed a Memorandum of Understanding between the OECD and Ukraine which will help Ukraine’s efforts to tackle corruption, strengthen its tax system and promote competitiveness. Full Article
cd Despite progress made and improved legal framework, OECD seriously concerned about Turkey’s level of detection and investigation of foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:22:00 GMT Turkey is a significant and geopolitically critical economy. Its companies, like those from many other countries, operate in corruption-prone sectors and countries. In spite of this, only 10 allegations have come to the attention of Turkish authorities since foreign bribery became an offence in Turkey in 2003. Full Article
cd Statement of the OECD Working Group on Bribery on France’s implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:57:00 GMT After a comprehensive review in October 2012, the OECD Working Group on Bribery asked France, through a series of concrete recommendations, to intensify its actions to fight the bribery of foreign public officials and undertake important reforms. Full Article
cd Brazil closes legal loophole on foreign bribery: OECD hopes this will now translate into stepped up enforcement By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:00:00 GMT Brazil must build on the positive momentum started with its new Corporate Liability Law and its first indictments in one foreign bribery case to investigate and prosecute more proactively foreign bribery. Full Article
cd Scale of international bribery laid bare by new OECD report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:00:00 GMT Most international bribes are paid by large companies, usually with the knowledge of senior management, according to new OECD analysis of the cost of foreign bribery and corruption. Full Article
cd Launch of the OECD Foreign Bribery Report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 23:58:00 GMT The OECD Foreign Bribery Report was launched by the OECD Secretary-General in Paris on 2 December 2014. This ground breaking report analyses data emerging from all foreign bribery enforcement actions concluded since the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and for the first time ‘measures’ the crime of corruption. Full Article
cd OECD Forum on Financing Democracy and Averting Policy Capture By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMT OECD Forum on Financing Democracy and Averting Policy Capture Full Article
cd Public consultation on Phase 4 monitoring of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:22:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery invited public comments on the next phase of country monitoring under the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention between 5 November and 1 December 2014. The call for comment is now closed. Full Article
cd Consultation on Phase 4 monitoring of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:55:00 GMT On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, this Working Group on Bribery consultation with the private sector and civil society focused on the development of the Phase 4 evaluation process of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Full Article
cd Argentina seriously non-compliant with key articles of Anti-Bribery Convention, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery doubts Argentina’s commitment to fight foreign bribery. Argentina still has no law to punish companies for foreign bribery or prosecute its citizens who commit this crime abroad. Widespread delays continue to plague complex economic crime investigations. Full Article
cd France - OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:46:00 GMT This page contains all information relating to implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in France. Full Article
cd Launch of OECD Integrity Review of Mexico By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:46:00 GMT The Government of Mexico have requested an OECD Integrity Review focusing on anti-corruption, conflict of interest prevention and integrity in the public service. Full Article
cd The Dark Horse, The Paper Tiger and Chicken Little: Lessons from the OECD Foreign Bribery Report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 16:24:00 GMT One of the more startling findings in the OECD Foreign Bribery Report, is that some level of corporate management was involved in over 50% of the cases sanctioned. This paper by Leah Ambler, published in the Journal of Business Compliance (01/2015), examines what went wrong and why from a corporate governance and compliance perspective. Full Article