OECD urges tough action on bribery
28 August 2012
UK purchasers should pressure the government to collect information on foreign officials and companies that try to bribe them, according to a major international advisory body.
The Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) of the Organsation of Economic Co-operation and Development, said too much emphasis was placed on criminalising people who pay bribes and not enough on those who ask for them.
Alexander Boehmer, senior policy manager at BIAC, told SM: "It is not enough to criminalise the supply side of corruption - the one who...