United Kingdom

Public Interest Disclosure Act, (English);
Bribery Act 2010, (English);
Ministerial Code, (English);
Civil Service Management Code, (English);
Guidance: The Public Interest Disclosure Act, (English).

Serious Fraud Office, (English);
Committee on Standards in Public Life, (English);
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, (English);
International Corruption Unit of the National Crime Agency, (English).

UN

GRECO

OECD

G20

FATF

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.

TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2023

Overall Score:

71 out of 100

Rank:

20 out of 180

Financial Secrecy Index 2022

Rank:

13 out of 141

Open Budget 2023

Overall Score:

62 out of 100

The Rule of Law Index 2023

Overall Score:

0,78 out of 1

Rank:

15 out of 142

Global Right to Information Rating

Overall Score:

99 out of 150

Rank:

43 out of 140

Index of Public Integrity

Overall Score:

8,48 out of 10

Rank:

11 out of 119

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Conflict of interest Asset disclosure Compliance ICT Transparency Anti-corruption policies and strategies

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A company accused of corruption has reached a pre-trial resolution with the UK Crown Prosecution Service for the first time.

Tags

Sanctions Foreign bribery Criminal prosecution

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Construction of schools and youth centres and the fight against drug addiction: how different countries dispose of the property confiscated from the corrupt in the public interest.

Tags

Illicit enrichment Asset recovery Social context Sanctions

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