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Anti-Corruption Portal
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Comparison of countries
Nicaragua
Australia
Indices
Overall Score:
14 out of 100
Rank:
175 out of 182
Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,33 out of 1
Rank:
139 out of 143
Overall Score:
111 out of 150
Rank:
24 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,43 out of 10
Rank:
96 out of 119
Overall Score:
76 out of 100
Rank:
12 out of 182
Rank:
29 out of 141
Overall Score:
78 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,80 out of 1
Rank:
11 out of 143
Overall Score:
87 out of 150
Rank:
65 out of 140
Overall Score:
8,26 out of 10
Rank:
12 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OAS
UN
OECD
G20
APEC
FATF
Nicaragua
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1999.
Australia
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country 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 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • G20 Presidency in 2014.
  • The documents adopted under Australia’s Presidency are available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1989.
  • Member of the FATF since 1999.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Main Legislation
Nicaragua

1. Political Constitution: Articles 129-131, 264
(Constitución Política: Artículos 129-131, 264), (Spanish);

2. Criminal Code: Articles 281-283, 445-450, 452-459
(Código Penal: Artículos 281-283, 445-450, 452-459), (Spanish);

3. Civil Service Probity Law
(Ley de Probidad de Los Servidores Públicos), (Spanish);

4. Law on Amendments to Law No. 735, Law on the Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime and on the Administration of Seized, Confiscated and Abandoned Assets
(Ley De Reformas A La Ley No. 735, Ley de Prevención, Investigación y Persecución del Crimen Organizado y de la Administración de los Bienes Incautados, Decomisados y Abandonados), (Spanish);

5. Code of Ethical Conduct for Civil Servants in the Executive Branch of Government
(Código de Conducta Ética de los Servidores Públicos del Poder Ejecutivo), (Spanish).

Australia
  1. Criminal Code Act 1995: Chapter 2, Part 2.5 – Corporate criminal responsibility; Articles 70.1-70.6, 140-142.3, (English);
  2. Public Service Act 1999: Part 3, Items 13, 14 and 15; Part 5, Division 1, Items 41A and 41B; Part 6, Division 1, Item 50А, (English);
  3. Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (English);
  4. National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022 (English);
  5. APS Values and Code of Conduct (English);
  6. Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule (English).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Nicaragua

1. Attorney General of the Republic (site created but currently unavailable)
(Fiscal General de la República), (Spanish).

Australia
  1. Australian Federal Police, (English);
  2. Counter Fraud and Anti-Corruption Section, Attorney-General’s Department, (English);
  3. National Anti-Corruption Commission, (English).
 
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