Norway

Penal Code: Chapter 4 – Penalties on Bodies Corporate, Articles 173, 330, 331, 387-389
(Lov om straff (Straffeloven): Kapittel 4 – Foretaksstraff, § 173, 330, 331, 387-389), (Norwegian);
Law on Restrictions on Employment after Leaving the Public Sector
(Lov om informasjonsplikt, karantene og saksforbud for politikere, embetsmenn og statsansatte (karanteneloven)), (Norwegian);
Law on Civil Servants
(Lov om statens ansatte mv. (statsansatteloven)), (Norwegian);
Government's Personnel Handbook
(Statens personalhåndbok), (Norwegian).

National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime
(Den sentrale enhet for etterforskning og påtale av økonomisk kriminalitet og miljøkriminalitet), (Norwegian/English).

UN

GRECO

OECD

FATF

The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.

GRECO’s member since 2001.
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 ratified in 2008.
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 1991.
Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023

Overall Score:

84 out of 100

Rank:

4 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

48 out of 141

Open Budget 2023

Overall Score:

80 out of 100

The Rule of Law Index 2023

Overall Score:

0,89 out of 1

Rank:

2 out of 142

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

77 out of 150

Rank:

86 out of 140

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

9,26 out of 10

Rank:

2 out of 119

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