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Comparison of countries
United Kingdom
Ecuador
Indices
Overall Score:
71 out of 100
Rank:
20 out of 180
Rank:
13 out of 141
Overall Score:
62 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,78 out of 1
Rank:
15 out of 142
Overall Score:
99 out of 150
Rank:
43 out of 140
Overall Score:
8,48 out of 10
Rank:
11 out of 119
Score:
32 out of 100
Rank:
121 out of 180
Rank:
116 out of 141
Overall Score:
48 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,46 out of 1
Rank:
97 out of 142
Overall Score:
78 out of 150
Rank:
82 out of 140
Overall Score:
6,33 out of 10
Rank:
58 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
G20
FATF
UN
OAS
United Kingdom
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • 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 is 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 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • G20 Presidency in 2009.
  • The documents adopted under UK’s Presidency are available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Ecuador
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Main Legislation
United Kingdom
  1. Public Interest Disclosure Act, (English);

  2. Bribery Act 2010, (English);

  3. Ministerial Code, (English);

  4. Civil Service Management Code, (English);

  5. Guidance: The Public Interest Disclosure Act, (English).

Ecuador
  1. Criminal Code: Article 49 – Liability of Legal Persons, Articles 278-281, 285, 286, 289, 294.1, 297, 320.1
    (Código Orgánico Integral Penal: Artículo 49 –  Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas, Artículos 278-281, 285, 286, 289, 294.1, 297, 320.1), (Spanish);
  2. Organic Law No. 294 of October 6, 2010 «On Public Service»
    (Ley con número de registro 294 del 6 de Octubre de 2010 «Ley orgánica del servicio público»), (Spanish).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
United Kingdom
  1. Serious Fraud Office, (English);

  2. Committee on Standards in Public Life, (English);

  3. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, (English);

  4. International Corruption Unit of the National Crime Agency, (English).

 
Ecuador
  1. Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control
    (Consejo de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social), (Spanish).
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