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Comparison of countries
Costa Rica
Angola
Indices
Overall Score:
58 out of 100
Rank:
42 out of 180
Overall Score:
6,76 out of 10
Rank:
105 out of 141
Overall Score:
61 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
29 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
102 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
Overall Score:
32 out of 100
Rank:
121 out of 180
Rank:
33 out of 141
Overall Score:
26 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,43 out of 1
Rank:
115 out of 142
Overall Score:
75 out of 150
Rank:
89 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,08 out of 10
Rank:
100 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
OAS
UN
AU
Costa Rica
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2017.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Angola
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2017.
Main Legislation
Costa Rica
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 324, 338, 347-355
    (Ley 4573, Código Penal: Artículos 324, 338, 347-355), (Spanish);

  2. Law No. 8422 «On Countering Corruption and Illicit Enrichment in Civil Service»
    (Ley 8422 contra la corrupción y el enriquecimeinto ilícito en la función pública), (Spanish);

  3. Law No. 9699 «On Liability of Legal Persons for Bribery, Transnational Bribery and other Crimes»
    (Ley 9699 Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas sobre cohechos domésticos, soborno transnacional y otros delitos), (Spanish);

  4. Law No. 10437 «On Protecting of Whistleblowers and Witnesses of Corruption against Retaliation in the Workplace»
    (Ley 10437 de protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales), (Spanish).

Angola
  1. Penal Code: Articles 357-364, 366, 374, 459-461
    (Código Penal: Artículos 357-364, 366, 374, 459-461), (Portuguese);
  2. Law on Economic Offences: Articles 48, 49 (unofficial source)
    (Lei das Infracções Contra A Economia: Artículos 48, 49), (Portuguese);
  3. Law on Civil Service (unofficial source)
    (Lei da Probidade Publica), (Portuguese);
  4. Law on Public Procurement: Articles 8-10
    (Lei dos Contratos Públicos: Artículos 8-10), (Portuguese).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
Angola
  1. National Anti-Corruption Directorate of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic
    (Direcção Nacional do Plano de Combate a Corrupção da Procuradoria Geral da República), (Portuguese).
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