OECD DATA SHOWS RARITY OF FOREIGN BRIBERY CONVICTIONS
July 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UPDATED data released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has highlighted the rarity of foreign bribery convictions worldwide. Bringing records from 1999 up to December 2011, the OECD reported that globally just 151 people and 42 organisations (including companies) had been found guilty of this offence in the past 12 years. By far and away the most convictions in one country were secured in the United States - with 58 people and 28 organisations (legal persons) being punished. Other noteworthy comparative ...
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