What to report
The
OECD Anti-bribery Convention requires parties to make it a crime "for any person to intentionally offer, promise, or give any undue pecuniary or other advantage, whether directly
or through intermediaries, to a foreign public official, for that official or for a third party, in order that the official act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of official duties, in order to obtain or retain business
or other improper advantage in the conduct of international business". A foreign public official refers to any person holding an administrative, legislative or judicial position in a foreign country (appointed or elected) and any official of a public international organisation. Examples of
types of activity to report (and not to report) are given below.
Do
- Report suspicions or evidence of bribes paid with the awareness of a foreign public official, but for the benefit of a third party.
- Report suspicions or evidence of the payment of a bribe to a foreign public official to obtain favourable recommendations from government officials involved in the procurement process.
- Report suspicions or evidence of the payment of bribes paid through intermediaries, such as agents or consultants, based locally or offshore.
- Report suspicions or evidence of the payment of bribes to a foreign public official in exchange for confidential information on the bidding process for a contract.
- Report suspicions or evidence of the payment of bribes to a foreign public official to change the terms of a contract, such as the length of time or the removal of certain obligations.
- Report suspicions or evidence of the payment of bribes to a foreign public official to obtain a contract.
- Report suspicions or evidence of the payment of bribes to a foreign public official to retain a contract.
Don't
- Report Advance Fee Frauds or Nigerian '419' Internet scams.
- Report allegations of internet fraud.
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