- The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
- The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
AustriaMain Legislation
- Criminal Code: Articles 153a, 165, 168b, 168f, 168g, 302, 304-309
(Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Strafgesetzbuch: § 153a, 165, 168b, 168f, 168g, 302, 304-309), (German); - Law on Civil Service
(Beamten-Dienstrechtsgesetz 1979), (German); - Law on Criminal Liability of Legal Persons
(Bundesgesetz über die Verantwortlichkeit von Verbänden für Straftaten, abbreviated Verbandsverantwortlichkeitsgesetz or VbVG), (German); - Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers
(Bundesgesetz über das Verfahren und den Schutz bei Hinweisen auf Rechtsverletzungen in bestimmten Rechtsbereichen, abbreviated HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz), (German).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
- Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption
(Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung), (German/English); - Central Public Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Economic Offences and Corruption
(Zentrale Staatsanwaltschaft zur Verfolgung von Wirtschaftsstrafsachen und Korruption), (German); - Austrian Integrity Network
(Integritätsbeauftragten-Netzwerk), (German).
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
- GRECO’s member since 2006.
- The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2013.
- The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2006.
- The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
- The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1999.
- The country is undergoing Phase 3 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
- Member of the FATF since 1990.
- Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
- The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2010.
Indices
Overall Score:
67 out of 100
Rank:
25 out of 180
Rank:
44 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,79 out of 1
Rank:
13 out of 142
Overall Score:
34 out of 150
Rank:
139 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,70 out of 10
Rank:
25 out of 119
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