OECD PANEL BLASTS BRITAIN, IRELAND, PORTUGAL OVER CORRUPTION

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) working group on bribery has strengthened its criticism of Britain's dropping a bribery investigation concerning BAE Systems and the Al Yamamah defence contract with Saudi Arabia. At a March meeting, the committee "reaffirmed its serious concerns" about the matter and alleged "continued shortcomings in UK anti-bribery legislation", for instance over the liability of legal persons to foreign bribery charges. As a result, the working group has launched an inquiry into Britain's ...


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