PRIVATE SECTOR CORRUPTION
July 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a law which orders all Member States to criminalise private sector corruption - whether active or tacit - ensuring that punishments laid down by their courts involve "effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties." The 'framework decision' also insists that national governments make both individual and 'legal persons' (companies, associations and other organisations) liable for corruption they commit or which is carried out in their name. A Council communiqué said: "Member States attach ...
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