OECD Report Highlights Use Of Non-Trial Resolutions To Combat Foreign Bribery Cases

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released a report titled "Resolving Foreign Bribery Cases with Non-Trial Resolutions" at its annual Global Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum in Paris.

According to the report, non-trial resolution mechanisms have become the primary means of enforcement of anti-foreign-bribery laws for parties to the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (Convention). The report underscores the fact that 78% of the almost 900 foreign bribery cases that were successfully concluded since the Convention came into force in 1999 were resolved through non-trial resolutions. The percentage rises to 96% in the United States, which is one of the leading enforcers of foreign bribery offences.