CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY: FACT BOX
April 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORN*Finland is the world's most "honest" country according to Transparency International;*New British laws will ban payments made to people just for performing their official duties;*In countries where bribery of foreign officials is a crime, penalties range from a one-year jail sentence (Norway) to life imprisonment (South Africa);*Half the countries replying to the UN said their legal systems did not make it impossible to obtain tax benefits for foreign payments that would constitute bribery;*Under American law companies can make payments for ...
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