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Data on enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

 

20 December 2022 - The 2021 enforcement data has been collected from the Parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The enforcement data includes the number of criminal, administrative and civil cases of foreign bribery that have resulted in a final disposition, such as a criminal conviction or acquittal, or similar findings under an administrative or civil procedure. Published for the first time in 2010, the enforcement data is updated annually by the OECD Working Group on Bribery. 

 

Highlights from the 2021 data 

Concluded cases

 

From the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on 15 February 1999 through 31 December 2021, the Parties to the Convention reported:

  • 25 Parties have, collectively, convicted or sanctioned at least 687 natural and 264 legal persons for foreign bribery through criminal proceedings.
  • 7 Parties have, collectively, sanctioned collectively, at least 88 natural and 121 legal persons for foreign bribery through administrative or civil proceedings.
  • 11 Parties have, collectively, convicted or sanctioned, at least 76 natural and 109 legal persons for related offences (e.g. false accounting, money laundering, embezzlement, tax evasion) through criminal proceedings.
  • 3 Parties have, collectively, sanctioned at least 76 natural and 182 legal persons for related offences through administrative or civil proceedings.

 

Pending matters

The Parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention also reported that as of 31 December 2021:

  • 35 Parties had, collectively, 481 on-going investigations for foreign bribery.
  • 12 Parties had, collectively, on-going criminal proceedings for foreign bribery against 166 natural and 14 legal persons.
  • 2 Parties had, collectively, on-going administrative or civil proceedings for foreign bribery against 5 natural and 11 legal persons.

 


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FIGHTING THE CRIME OF FOREIGN BRIBERY: A SNAPSHOT OF IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT

December 2018 - The fight against foreign bribery is a core shared value that unites all 44 Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention. This brochure provides a snapshot of 20 years of implementation and enforcement of the Anti-Bribery Convention.

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THE OECD FOREIGN BRIBERY REPORT

December 2014 - this report endeavours to measure and describe transnational corruption based on data from the 427 foreign bribery cases that had been concluded since the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in 1999 and mid-2014.

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