Campaigners blast anti-bribe rules
28 August 2012
New rules unveiled by the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) to stamp out corruption don't go far enough, according to anti-bribery organisations.
The procedures allow the ECGD - the government-backed provider of export insurance - greater access to company documentation to ensure bribery is not used to win overseas contracts, and to order exporters and their affiliates to sign-up to anti-corruption declarations.
But critics say no prosecutions have been brought since the government outlawed corruption to...