Pope Francis has issued an apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio entitled “On Transparency, Control and Competition in the Procedures for Awarding Public Contracts of the Holy See and Vatican City State”. It notably provides for the measures for preventing conflict-of-interest situations in awarding public contracts, enhancing transparency and accountability of procurement procedures and rationalizing the expenditure of public funds.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has presented the draft new Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (hereinafter “the draft CAO”), which, among other things, provides for mitigation of liability for illegal remuneration on behalf or in the interests of an organization in case it has implemented anti-corruption measures.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Thailand issued a number of documents clarifying the legal provisions regarding the ban on “conducting business” and the restrictions on the benefits of public officials, along with the requirements to observe the cooling-off period when moving from public to private sector.

The US Department of Justice (Department of Justice – DOJ) has updated its manual entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that is employed by prosecutors in criminal proceedings.

Section 4 of Malaysian Law No. A1567 of April 4, 2018 “On Amendments to Law No. 694 of January 6, 2009 “On Anti-Corruption Commission” (Malaysian Anti-Corruption-Commission (Amendment) Act 2018) has entered into force. It introduces criminal liability of legal persons, their directors and top managers for corruption crimes, committed on behalf or in the interest of a legal person.

The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption — AFA), in partnership with GRECO, the OECD and the Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities (NCPA)*, has published the analysis report of the global mapping of anti-corruption authorities.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued the Public Integrity Handbook.

The section of the Anti-Corruption Portal containing publications on anti-corruption has been restructured and significantly updated and the list of useful external resources has been considerably extended.

In the framework of its Global Informality Project UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies explores traditional/informal practices, including acts of corruption, existing in different countries.

A legal act introducing the liability of officials – up to their dismissal – for the commitment of corruption crimes by their subordinates has been adopted in Kazakhstan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in favour of the former Chief Prosecutor of Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (Direcția Națională Anticorupție, DNA) Laura Kövesi.

Armenia’s National Assembly has adopted the Law “On Forfeiture of Illegally Acquired Property” (at the time of publication of this piece the draft law had not been promulgated yet). It provides for the non-conviction based forfeiture of the assets whose legal origin cannot be proved.

Pope Francis has issued an apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio entitled “On Transparency, Control and Competition in the Procedures for Awarding Public Contracts of the Holy See and Vatican City State”. It notably provides for the measures for preventing conflict-of-interest situations in awarding public contracts, enhancing transparency and accountability of procurement procedures and rationalizing the expenditure of public funds.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has presented the draft new Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (hereinafter “the draft CAO”), which, among other things, provides for mitigation of liability for illegal remuneration on behalf or in the interests of an organization in case it has implemented anti-corruption measures.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Thailand issued a number of documents clarifying the legal provisions regarding the ban on “conducting business” and the restrictions on the benefits of public officials, along with the requirements to observe the cooling-off period when moving from public to private sector.

The US Department of Justice (Department of Justice – DOJ) has updated its manual entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that is employed by prosecutors in criminal proceedings.

Section 4 of Malaysian Law No. A1567 of April 4, 2018 “On Amendments to Law No. 694 of January 6, 2009 “On Anti-Corruption Commission” (Malaysian Anti-Corruption-Commission (Amendment) Act 2018) has entered into force. It introduces criminal liability of legal persons, their directors and top managers for corruption crimes, committed on behalf or in the interest of a legal person.

The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption — AFA), in partnership with GRECO, the OECD and the Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities (NCPA)*, has published the analysis report of the global mapping of anti-corruption authorities.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued the Public Integrity Handbook.

The section of the Anti-Corruption Portal containing publications on anti-corruption has been restructured and significantly updated and the list of useful external resources has been considerably extended.

In the framework of its Global Informality Project UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies explores traditional/informal practices, including acts of corruption, existing in different countries.

A legal act introducing the liability of officials – up to their dismissal – for the commitment of corruption crimes by their subordinates has been adopted in Kazakhstan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in favour of the former Chief Prosecutor of Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (Direcția Națională Anticorupție, DNA) Laura Kövesi.

Armenia’s National Assembly has adopted the Law “On Forfeiture of Illegally Acquired Property” (at the time of publication of this piece the draft law had not been promulgated yet). It provides for the non-conviction based forfeiture of the assets whose legal origin cannot be proved.

Pope Francis has issued an apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio entitled “On Transparency, Control and Competition in the Procedures for Awarding Public Contracts of the Holy See and Vatican City State”. It notably provides for the measures for preventing conflict-of-interest situations in awarding public contracts, enhancing transparency and accountability of procurement procedures and rationalizing the expenditure of public funds.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has presented the draft new Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (hereinafter “the draft CAO”), which, among other things, provides for mitigation of liability for illegal remuneration on behalf or in the interests of an organization in case it has implemented anti-corruption measures.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Thailand issued a number of documents clarifying the legal provisions regarding the ban on “conducting business” and the restrictions on the benefits of public officials, along with the requirements to observe the cooling-off period when moving from public to private sector.

The US Department of Justice (Department of Justice – DOJ) has updated its manual entitled Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs that is employed by prosecutors in criminal proceedings.

Section 4 of Malaysian Law No. A1567 of April 4, 2018 “On Amendments to Law No. 694 of January 6, 2009 “On Anti-Corruption Commission” (Malaysian Anti-Corruption-Commission (Amendment) Act 2018) has entered into force. It introduces criminal liability of legal persons, their directors and top managers for corruption crimes, committed on behalf or in the interest of a legal person.

The French Anti-Corruption Agency (Agence Française Anticorruption — AFA), in partnership with GRECO, the OECD and the Network of Corruption Prevention Authorities (NCPA)*, has published the analysis report of the global mapping of anti-corruption authorities.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued the Public Integrity Handbook.

The section of the Anti-Corruption Portal containing publications on anti-corruption has been restructured and significantly updated and the list of useful external resources has been considerably extended.

In the framework of its Global Informality Project UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies explores traditional/informal practices, including acts of corruption, existing in different countries.

A legal act introducing the liability of officials – up to their dismissal – for the commitment of corruption crimes by their subordinates has been adopted in Kazakhstan.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in favour of the former Chief Prosecutor of Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (Direcția Națională Anticorupție, DNA) Laura Kövesi.

Armenia’s National Assembly has adopted the Law “On Forfeiture of Illegally Acquired Property” (at the time of publication of this piece the draft law had not been promulgated yet). It provides for the non-conviction based forfeiture of the assets whose legal origin cannot be proved.