It complements and builds on Competition Law in Asia-Pacific: A Guide to Selected Jurisdictions, and OECD Competition Trends, an annual flagship publication that provides unique insights into global competition enforcement trends from data from more than 70 jurisdictions. International cooperation in the context of law enforcement and regulation may include formal mutual legal assistance, extradition and informal exchange of information for the purpose of obtaining information, where permitted by law. Effective international cooperation among countries is crucial for the successful investigation, prosecution and punishment of international corruption offences. For further information, please contact the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Martina LIMONTA, OECDTel. Phone: +33 1 45 24 78 31 | Martina.Limonta@oecd.org By bringing together transnational anti-corruption actors at the global level, the meeting connects members of different law enforcement networks and other regional activities supported by the OECD Secretariat and the Working Group on Bribery. December 2018 – The fight against foreign bribery is a core shared value that unites the 44 parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention. This brochure provides an overview of 20 years of implementation and application of the Convention on the fight against corruption. LEN meetings bring together law enforcement officials involved in investigating and prosecuting corruption cases – including prosecutors, criminal and financial investigators, detectives and crime analysts. Meetings are interactive networking and confidential in nature. However, where appropriate, parts of such meetings may be open to other relevant participants. Since then, the NEA has held 11 NEA meetings, the first of which was in 2010.
With funding from the European Union and the U.S. Department of State, the LEN has intensified its efforts to strengthen high-level anti-corruption enforcement efforts. In particular, the EDA is setting up a special P-EU Eastern Working Group within the LEN to develop high-level transnational studies on corruption and a matrix of high-level corruption cases. This year`s meeting also included a high-level session with the participation of prosecutors and attorneys general from the region to discuss ongoing developments in anti-corruption law enforcement, take stock of LAC-LEN`s activities in 2018-2020 and explore opportunities for further work in 2021. The session also launched the new project “Global Law Enforcement Response to Bribery in Crisis Situations”, led by the OECD`s Anti-Bribery Division with the support of the United States. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), and the first activity of the project took place after the high-level meeting in the form of a webinar. The increasing number of competition enforcement cases with an international dimension makes cooperation between competition authorities in different jurisdictions essential for effective enforcement at national level. In order to successfully detect and prosecute anti-competitive practices, competition authorities need to significantly improve their ability to cooperate. International cooperation in competition proceedings is a topic that continues to be widely debated in many forums and is of considerable interest to both competition authorities and the private sector. This case study shows how the OECD has contributed to these discussions and encouraged co-operation through its own and other tools and reports. 23 December 2021 – Law enforcement data for 2020 has been collected from Parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
Law enforcement data include the number of foreign-bribery criminal, administrative, and civil cases that resulted in a final decision, such as a criminal conviction or acquittal or similar findings in administrative or civil proceedings. First published in 2010, enforcement data are updated annually by the OECD Working Group on Bribery. The OECD is a hub that brings together anti-corruption experts from around the world to share experiences, learn from each other and build stronger networks. The Working Group on Corruption has long supported biannual meetings of its law enforcement officials, to which non-members are regularly invited. This initiative could help explain why the majority of successful foreign bribery cases involve only members of the working group. GLEN is a technical network for peer learning and the exchange of experiences and best practices among law enforcement practitioners, with a main focus on the fight against cross-border corruption.
