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Comparison of countries
South Africa
Iran
Indices
Overall Score:
41 out of 100
Rank:
82 out of 180
Rank:
46 out of 141
Overall Score:
83 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,56 out of 1
Rank:
57 out of 142
Overall Score:
118 out of 150
Rank:
16 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
31 out of 119
Score:
23 out of 100
Rank:
151 out of 180
Score:
0,39 out of 1
Rank:
128 out of 142
Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
104 out of 140
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
G20
FATF
BRICS
AU
UN
BRICS
South Africa
  • 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 2007.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • G20 Presidency in 2025.
  • Member of the FATF since 2003.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2011.
  • Holds BRICS Presidency in 2023.
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2005.
Iran
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • BRICS Member since 2024.
SCO
Main Legislation
South Africa
  1. Public Service Act 103 of 1994, (English);

  2. Executive Members’ Ethics Act of 1998, (English);

  3. Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000, (English);

  4. Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004, (English);

  5. Public Service Amendment Act 30 of 2007, (English);

  6. Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 5 of 2017, (English);

  7. Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ Interests for Assembly and Permanent Council Members, (English);

  8. Public Service Regulations, (English).

Iran
  1. Penal Code: Articles 20, 143 – Corporate criminal responsibility
    (قانون مجازات اسلامی: المادتان 20 ، 143 - مسئولية الكيانات الاعتبارية), (Persian);
  2. Book Five of the Criminal Code: Articles 91-97
    (الكتاب الخامس من قانون العقوبات الإسلامي (العقوبات والعقوبات الرادعة): المواد 91-97), (Persian);
  3. Law «On Administrative Offenses»
    (قانون رسیدگی به تخلفات اداری), (Persian);
  4. Law «On Increasing Penalties for the Convicted of Bribery, Embezzlement and Fraud»
    (اصلاح و تأیید موادی از لایحه تشدید مجازات مرتکبین ارتشاء اختلاس و کلاهبرداری), (Persian);
  5. Law «On Public Service»
    (قانون مدیریت خدمات کشوری), (Persian);
  6. The Punishment of Unjust and Illicit Exercise of Influence Law
    (قانون مجازات اعمال نفوذ برخلاف حق و مقررات قانونی), (Persian);
  7. The Penalizing the Disruption of the State’s Economic System Law
    (قانون مجازات اخلالگران در نظام اقتصادی کشور), (Persian);
  8. Law on Improving Administrative Discipline and Combating Corruption​
    (قانون ارتقاء سلامت نظام اداری و مقابله با فساد), (Persian);
  9. Law on Prohibition of Receiving Commission in Foreign Transactions
    (قانون ممنوعیت اخذ پورسانت در معاملات خارجی), (Persian);
  10. Law on Prohibition of the Intervention of Ministers and the Members of the Parliament and State Employees in State and National Transactions
    (قانون راجع به منع مداخله وزراء و نمایندگان مجلسین و کارمندان در معاملات دولتی و کشوری), (Persian);
  11. Law on the Protection of Corruption Whistleblowers
    (قانون حمایت از گزارشگران فساد), (Persian);
  12. Executive Regulation on Preventing and Combating Corruption
    (آیین نامه پیشگیری و مبارزه با رشوه در دستگاههای اجرایی), (Persian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
South Africa
  1. Investigating Directorate, (English);

  2. Public Service Commission, (English);

  3. Special Investigating Unit, (English);

  4. Special Tribunal, (English).

Iran
  1. Ministry of Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (site created but currently unavailable)
    (وزارت دادگستری), (Persian/English);
  2. Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    (واحد اطلاعات مالی وزارت امور اقتصادی و دارایی), (Persian/English).
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