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Comparison of countries
Ireland
Denmark
Indices
Overall Score:
77 out of 100
Rank:
10 out of 180
Rank:
27 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,82 out of 1
Rank:
9 out of 142
Overall Score:
95 out of 150
Rank:
49 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,86 out of 10
Rank:
19 out of 119
Overall Score:
90 out of 100
Rank:
1 out of 180
Rank:
80 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,90 out of 1
Rank:
1 out of 142
Overall Score:
64 out of 150
Rank:
112 out of 140
Overall Score:
9,30 out of 10
Rank:
1 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
Ireland
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2011.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was not ratified.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2003.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 3 and Phase 1bis evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The reports are available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1991.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Denmark
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was not ratified.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2000.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1991.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Main Legislation
Ireland
  1. Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995, (English);
  2. Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996, (English);
  3. Standards in Public Office Act, 2001, (English);
  4. Protected Disclosures Act, 2014, (English);
  5. Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act, 2018, (English).
Denmark

1. Criminal Code: Articles 122, 144, 145, 280, 290, 290a, 304a, Chapter 5 – Criminal Liability of Legal Persons
(Straffeloven: § 122, 144, 145, 280, 290, 290a, 304a, 5. kapitel  Strafansvar for juridiske personer​), (Danish);

2. Public Administration Act
(Forvaltningsloven LBK nr 433 af 22/04/2014), (Danish);

3. Whistleblower Protection Act
(Lov om beskyttelse af whistleblowere LOV nr 1436 af 29/06/2021), (Danish);

4. Code of Conduct VII: Seven Key Responsibilities of Central Government Officials
(Syv centrale pligter for embedsmænd i centraladministrationen — Kodex VII), (Danish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Ireland
  1. Department of Justice
    (An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt), (English);

  2. Garda National Bureau of Economic Crime
    (Biúró Náisiúnta an Gharda Síochána um Choireacht Eacnamaíoch), (English);

  3. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
    (Oifig an Stiúrthóra Ionchúiseamh Poiblí), (English);

  4. Tackling Bribery and Corruption - A Cross-Departmental Approach by the Irish Government to Raise Awareness of Bribery and Corruption, (English).

 
Denmark
  1. Ministry of Justice
    (Justitsministeriet), (Danish);

  2. National Special Crime Unit
    (National enhed for Særlig Kriminalitet), (Danish);

  3. State Prosecutor for Special Crime
    (Statsadvokaten for Særlig Kriminalitet), (Danish).

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