Saturday, November 24, 2007

More political commitment needed to fight international corruption, says OECD Secretary-General


"Much more needs to be done" to fight international corruption, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today at a conference in Rome to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

He cited new anti-bribery laws, tougher sanctions and improved international co-ordination and co-operation as some of the Convention's achievements over the past decade.

But, he said, "some countries are still holding back on implementing the Convention. They have almost no investigations. They have brought no cases to court. They are not being pro-active."

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