TI for effective enforcement of commitments

Twenty countries that ratified Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention have taken little or no action accordingly in the last six years, said Transparency International (TI).
TI's report shows seven countries, representing approximately 30 percent of world export, out of the 36 countries evaluated are actively enforcing the anti-bribery convention to which they are party.
The 2010 TI report also shows moderate enforcement in nine other countries, which account for 21 percent of world exports. The 20 countries with little or no enforcement represent about 15 percent of world exports, says a TI press release.
The press release added cleaning up foreign bribery must be regarded as a key part of the reforms needed to overcome the worldwide recession.
Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), who is also a member of the International Board of TI, said it is disappointing that some of the countries, which claim to have succeeded in effectively controlling corruption, continue to fail to keep the commitments they have made to ban foreign bribery.
He called upon all countries that have ratified the OECD Convention to take all necessary measures to enforce the commitments made to ban foreign bribery and demonstrate that they care about preventing export of bribery and corruption to countries outside their national frontiers where they operate.
One third of world exports come from countries that are not party to the OECD Convention.
The little action or no action countries include Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovak republic, Slovenia, South Africa and Turkey.