OECD FINDS THREE EU COUNTRIES FAILING ON ANTI-BRIBERY LAWS
March 1st, 2016
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) working group on bribery has criticised three European Union (EU) member states for their “limited efforts” to comply with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. It is also concerned about their weak response to the working group’s recommendations for improvements made to Belgium in 2013, Finland 2010 and Slovenia 2014. Belgium has only implemented five out of 30 recommendations. And while laws on liability of legal persons and increasing sanctions are pending, “other essential modifications ...
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