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Comparison of countries
Malaysia
Denmark
Indices
Overall Score:
50 out of 100
Rank:
57 out of 180
Rank:
39 out of 141
Overall Score:
48 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,57 out of 1
Rank:
55 out of 142
Overall Score:
6,86 out of 10
Rank:
47 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
APEC
FATF
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
Malaysia
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2008.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1989.
  • Member of the FATF since 2016.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
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
Malaysia
  1. Penal Code: Articles 161-165, 213-215, (Malay), (English);

  2. Act 5: Election Offences Act 1954: Part III, (Malay);

  3. Act 694: Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, (Malay), (English);

  4. Act 711: Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, (Malay), (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
Malaysia
  1. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, (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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