24-July-2023
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Romania has completed the process to become the 45th Party to the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention) demonstrating its commitment to transparency and the fight against corruption.
16-March-2023
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Denmark gives insufficient priority to preventing, detecting and sanctioning foreign bribery, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery. This may be due to the widespread perception that domestic corruption is low in the country and a lack of awareness of the significant vulnerability of Danish companies to foreign bribery risks.
31-January-2023
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Hungary should urgently implement long-standing OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendations, enforce its foreign bribery laws and improve its engagement with the Working Group on Bribery.
19-December-2022
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Since the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention entered into force over 20 years ago, Spain has successfully convicted only two individuals in one foreign bribery case, and has not convicted a single company. Spain continues to close cases prematurely.
15-December-2022
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In view of Finland’s continued insufficient compliance with a core aspect of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and Finland’s lack of enforcement of its foreign bribery laws, the OECD Working Group on Bribery will send a high-level mission to Helsinki, unless tangible progress is reported in June 2023.
15-December-2022
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Poland needs to urgently address serious deficiencies in its fight against foreign bribery that have been highlighted by the OECD Working Group on Bribery since 2007. Not a single company has ever been investigated or prosecuted for foreign bribery. For individuals, a 2012 conviction remains the only successful prosecution to date.
17-November-2022
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The OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia adopts cutting-edge methodology for countries’ monitoring programme and nominates a new Chair to lead its implementatio
10-November-2022
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The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB or Working Group) is seriously concerned that Türkiye has failed to address outstanding deficiencies in key areas to fight foreign bribery since its Phase 3 evaluation in 2014.
8-November-2022
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Since the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention entered into force over 20 years ago, Portugal has not had a single foreign bribery conviction. Detection remains low and Portuguese authorities prematurely closed foreign bribery cases without investigating relevant allegations thoroughly and proactively, with the number of cases terminated having increased significantly compared to Phase 3.
18-October-2022
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Italy has strengthened its legislation and shows a significant level of foreign bribery enforcement with the pace of enforcement increasing since 2011. But a high rate of dismissal in these cases puts at risk the commendable advances it has made, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.