The European Commission has imposed a total of € 2 500 000 in fines on Energetický a průmyslový holding and EP Investment Advisors, active in the energy sector in the Czech Republic, for obstructing an inspection carried out by Commission officials from 24 to 26 November 2009 at their premises in Pr

Romania has jailed a serving lawmaker for the first time, an indication the southeast European country is getting more serious about cracking down on graft after pressure from Brussels.

The European Commission has proposed to establish the European Cybercrime Centre within the European Police Agency, Europol.

The European Commission has fined 14 international groups of companies a total of € 169 million for participating in the period 2002-2007 in four distinct cartels aimed at fixing prices and other trading conditions for international air freight forwarding services, in breach of EU antitrust rules.

The Criminal Justice Act 2011 came into effect on 9 August 2011 and identifies categories of white-collar crimes, and enhances powers to gather evidence.

The Implementation Plan articulates concrete steps to implement the Governance and Anticorruption (GAC) strategy of the World Bank Group (WBG) approved by the Board of Directors in March 2007.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed its report on Japan’s application of the Convention of Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments.

Russia will become the 39th Party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on 17 April 2012, 60 days after submitting its instrument of accession.

This report provides a brief overview of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and how it works. It also outlines how the Working Group on Bribery contributes to the global fight against corruption.

This Glossary explains the key elements required to classify corruption as a criminal act, according to three major international conventions: (i) the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; (ii) the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Co