Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Thursday that the government plans to strengthen foreign bribery laws after a government commission concluded that the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) corporate website] paid roughly $220 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime to secure $2.3 billion in grain contracts under the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program [JURIST news archive]. The Cole Commission [official website] last year recommended that criminal charges be filed [CC materials; JURIST report] against 12 AWB executives, and also urged several changes to Australian law [recommendations summary].
The government tabled its response [text] to the Cole Commission recommendations in Parliament Thursday. According to a press release [text] from Ruddock's office, the government plans to introduce legislation:
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