NGOS CALL FOR GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR DPAS
March 1st, 2016
A group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is calling on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) to draw up global standards for deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) based on best practice. Corruption Watch UK, Global Witness, Transparency International and the United Nations Convention against Corruption Coalition warn in a letter to OECD secretary general Angel Gurría that their current use to resolve 69% of foreign bribery cases may not offer the “effective, proportionate and dissuasive” sanctions the Convention ...
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