Exporting corruption: Progress report 2015: Assessing enforcement of OECD Anti-bribery Convention

enforcement is missing and there is no sign of improvement in this field. Also in Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, France, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea and Spain the systematic collection and publication of enforcement data has serious shortcomings.

The Working Group on Bribery review in Phase 4 should make sure that availability of, and access to, enforcement information is improved.

ON CLASSIFICATIONS The enforcement categories (Active, Moderate, Limited, Little or No) show the level of enforcement efforts against foreign bribery. A country that is an Active enforcer initiates many investigation into foreign bribery offences, these investigations reach the courts, the authorities press charges and courts convict individuals and/or companies both in ordinary cases and in major cases in which bribers are convicted and receive substantial sanctions. “Moderate Enforcement” and “Limited Enforcement” indicate stages of progress, but are considered insufficient deterrence. Where there is “Little or No Enforcement”, there is no deterrence. More details on the methodology can be found in Chapter III.

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Exporting corruption: Progress report 2015: Assessing enforcement of OECD Anti-bribery Convention

Published on Aug 20, 2015

Transparency International

Transparency International’s 2015 Progress Report is an independent assessment of the enforcement of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Anti-Bribery Convention. The Convention is a key instrument for curbing global corruption because the 41 signatory countries are responsible for approximately two-thirds of world exports and almost 90 per cent of total foreign direct investment outflows. This is the 11th annual report. It has been prepared by Transparency International’s International Secretariat working with our national chapters and experts in the 41 OECD Convention countries. This report shows that there is Active Enforcement in four countries, Moderate Enforcement in six countries, Limited Enforcement in nine countries, and Little or No Enforcement in 20 countries. (Two countries were not classified.)