According to a recent study by Transparency International, just 4 of the 36 countries who signed the Anti-Bribery Convention of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) agreement actually enforce the bribery laws.
Full enforcement:
- Germany
- Norway
- Switzerland
- USA
Moderate enforcement:
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Italy
- Japan
- Republic of Korea
- The Netherlands
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
Little to No Enforcement:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Portugal
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Turkey
Not surprisingly, many top countries are also on the Least Corrupt Countries list from Transparency International.
Notable exceptions include South Korea, who ranked #40 in corruption but is 'moderately enforcing' this law, and New Zealand, who was ranked #1 least corrupt in 2008 and falls into the 'little to no enforcement' category. (Perhaps this is because there is no bribery?)
Read the complete study at Transparency International.
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