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Comparison of countries
Costa Rica
Montenegro
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:
46 out of 100
Rank:
65 out of 180
Rank:
119 out of 141
Overall Score:
48 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,57 out of 1
Rank:
56 out of 142
Overall Score:
89 out of 150
Rank:
61 out of 140
International Cooperation
UN
OECD
OAS
UN
GRECO
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.
Montenegro
  • 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.
  • GRECO’s member since 2006.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2008.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2013.
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).

Montenegro
  1. Criminal code: Articles 276-276b, 416, 421a-424 
    (Krivicni zakonik: Članci 276-276b, 416, 421a-424), (Montenegrin);
  2. Law on the Liability of Legal Persons for Criminal Offenses
    (Zakon o odgovornosti pravnih lica za krivična djela), (Montenegrin);
  3. Law on Prevention of Corruption
    (Zakon o sprječavanju korupcije), (Montenegrin);
  4. Law on Civil Servants and Employees: Articles 6, 8, 14, 74-80, 94-96
    (Zakon o državnim službenicima i namještenicima: Članci 6, 8, 14, 74-80, 94-96), (Montenegrin);
  5. Code of Ethics of Civil Servants and State Employees
    (Etički kodeks državnih službenika i namještenika), (Montenegrin).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
Montenegro
  1. Agency for Prevention of Corruption 
    (Agencija za sprječavanje korupcije), (Montenegrin/English);
  2. State Prosecutor's Office
    (Državno tužilaštvo), (Montenegrin/English);
  3. Special Section of the Supreme Court of Podgorica
    (Specijalno odjeljenje Višeg suda u Podgorici), (Montenegrin/English).
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