OECD ATTACKS DENMARK OVER FOREIGN BRIBERY FAILINGS
March 1st, 2013
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has criticised Denmark - usually lauded over its clean and efficient government - for turning blind eyes to foreign bribery. In an assessment released in March, the OECD Working Group on Bribery noted that the country’s police had investigated only 13 foreign bribery cases and criminal penalties had been imposed in only one case. “Law enforcement authorities have not been sufficiently proactive, and cases have been prematurely closed without complete investigations. Denmark must take ...
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