Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Comparison of countries
Nicaragua
Mexico
Indices
Overall Score:
14 out of 100
Rank:
175 out of 182
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:
27 out of 100
Rank:
141 out of 182
Overall Score:
3,87 out of 10
Rank:
82 out of 141
Overall Score:
80 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,40 out of 1
Rank:
121 out of 143
Overall Score:
136 out of 150
Rank:
2 out of 140
Overall Score:
6,56 out of 10
Rank:
51 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OAS
UN
OECD
G20
APEC
FATF
OAS
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.
Mexico
- The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2004.
- 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 2012.
- The documents adopted under Mexico’s Presidency are available here.
- APEC’s member since 1993.
- Member of the FATF since 2000.
- Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
- The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
- Party to IACA since 2011.
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).
Mexico
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Federal Criminal Code: Article 11bis – Corporate criminal responsibility, Articles 212, 215, 217-217quáter, 218, 220-222bis, 224
(Código Penal Federal: Artículo 11bis - Responsabilidad corporativa, Artículos 212, 215, 217-217quáter, 218, 220-222bis, 224), (Spanish); -
General Law «On Administrative Liability»
(Ley General de Responsabilidades Administrativas), (Spanish); -
General Law «On National Anticorruption System»
(Ley General del Sistema Nacional Anticorrupción), (Spanish); -
Code of Ethics and Integrity for Good Governance in the Federal Public Administration
(Código de Ética e Integridad para un Buen Gobierno en la Administración Pública Federal), (Spanish).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Nicaragua
1. Attorney General of the Republic (site created but currently unavailable)
(Fiscal General de la República), (Spanish).
Mexico
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National Anti-Corruption System of Mexico
(Sistema Nacional Anticorrupción), (Spanish); -
Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Combating Corruption
(Fiscalía Especializada en Combate a la Corrupción), (Spanish); -
Superior Audit Office of the Federation (site created but currently unavailable)
(Auditoría Superior de la Federación), (Spanish); -
Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Secretariat
(Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno), (Spanish); -
National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data
(Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales), (Spanish).