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Co-operation and Development

FIGHTING CORRUPTION

Message to the Conference of State Parties to the UNCAC from the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions
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. (read more...)

Corruption - A Glossary of International Criminal Standards
25-Jan-2008
This Glossary (English/Russian available) examines the key standards for criminalisation of corruption established by the 3 major international conventions: the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
The Glossary explains these standards, including elements of the bribery offences, sanctions, defences and immunity, statute of limitation, responsibility of legal persons, special investigative techniques, extradition, mutual legal assistance and asset recovery, and clarifies which level of implementation would be sufficient to be compliant with these international conventions.
The Glossary also contains a checklist, which can help assess the level of compliance of a particular country with these key standards.

Specialised Anti-Corruption Institutions - Review of Models
25-Jan-2008
International anti-corruption treaties, including the UN Convention against Corruption, require from the member states to establish – or to ensure existence – of two types of anti-corruption institutions: one of them to prevent corruption and the other to combat corruption through law enforcement.The treaties also establish standards for such anti-corruption institutions – they should be independent, specialised and have sufficient resources to meet their challenging tasks.
The book analyses the main functions of prevention and combating corruption and discusses practical ways necessary to ensure independence, specialisation and resources of anti-corruption bodies.
The book further studies different forms of specialisation which exist in different countries and provides description of 14 anti-corruption agencies from around the world (e.g. Hong Kong, Latvia, Spain, Romania, Norway, the UK, France and Slovenia), including preventive, law-enforcement and combined or multi-purpose anti-corruption agencies.

21-November-2007
More political commitment needed to fight international corruption, says OECD Secretary-General (read more...)