Goal to illustrate the crime of foreign bribery based on the

facts.

Analysis of concluded foreign bribery enforcement actions

between entry into force of Convention and 1 June 2014.

Analysis limited to sanctions for foreign bribery and related

preparatory or participatory offences against 427 individual

and corporate defendants.

Original judgments/settlements available in 58% of cases;

WGB evaluations a source of information in 40% of cases;

media or third party reporting relied upon for 2% of cases.

Data equally useful to governments and business.

Context + Methodology

How are cases detected?

Who pays the bribes?

Only 4% of sanctioned companies

were SMEs. In 60% of cases, the

company associated with the

corrupt transaction had more than

250 employees.

Which sectors are most at risk?

Two-thirds of the foreign bribery

cases occurred in four sectors:

Extractive

Construction

Transportation and storage

Information and communication

Which sectors are most at risk?

Bribes as a percentage of the transaction value per sector

Who is on the receiving end?

SOE officials were bribed in 27% of cases but received 80.11% of

total bribes. Heads of state and ministers were bribed in a total of

5% of cases but received 11% of total bribes.

Where were the bribes paid?

Two-thirds of bribes

were paid to officials in

countries higher on the

UN Human Development

Index

This map shows the countries whose

public officials received bribes

How and why are bribes paid?

What is the cost of foreign bribery?

On average, bribes equaled

10.9% of the transaction value and 34.5% of the profits.

In 41% of cases, sanctions

ranged from 100-200% of the

proceeds of the corrupt

transaction.

“Every dollar spent on a bribe is a dollar not spent on

innovation” Brackett Denniston, GE (Launch of OECD

Foreign Bribery Report, 2 December 2014)

How are cases sanctioned?

Enforcement of foreign bribery laws

80 individuals were imprisoned after a foreign bribery conviction

Enforcement of foreign bribery laws

390 investigations are underway in 24 of the 41

parties to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Proposals for both governments and business to enhance

the fight against foreign bribery, building on findings of the

report.

Scope for further, in-depth analysis and additional horizontal

studies to build on this first attempt to measure foreign

bribery.

Potential for using this model to analyse other forms of

corporate crime.

Conclusions + Next Steps

Thank you

Find out more about the work of the

OECD to combat foreign bribery

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