Friday, July 30, 2010

Foreign bribery: South Africa should take a more proactive stance, says OECD


South Africa should step up its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute cases of bribery in international business deals, according to a new report by the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery.

The 38-country OECD Working Group on Bribery, in the context of its regular cycle of reviews, has just completed a review of South Africa’s enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments.

Other main recommendations of the Group are that South Africa should:

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