Iceland

General Penal Code of 1940 No.19: Articles 109, 128, 129, 134, 264, 264a
(№19/1940, Almenn hegningarlög: greinar 109, 128, 129, 134, 264, 264a), (Icelandic);
Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers
(Lög um vernd uppljóstrara), (исл.);
Code of Conduct for Government Officials
(Siðareglur fyrir starfsfólk Stjórnarráðs Íslands), (Icelandic).

1. Office of the Attorney General
(Ríkissaksóknari), (Icelandic/English).

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The UN Convention against Corruption was accessed in 2011.
The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.

GRECO’s member since 1999.
The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2004.
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 1998.
The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.

Member of the FATF since 1992.
Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2022

Overall Score:

74 out of 100

Rank:

14 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

126 out of 141

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

64 out of 150

Rank:

111 out of 135

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