HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Malta
Norway
Indices
Overall Score:
51 out of 100
Rank:
55 out of 180
Rank:
38 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
30 out of 142
Overall Score:
78 out of 150
Rank:
82 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,26 out of 10
Rank:
38 out of 119
Overall Score:
84 out of 100
Rank:
4 out of 180
Rank:
48 out of 141
Overall Score:
81 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,89 out of 1
Rank:
2 out of 142
Overall Score:
78 out of 150
Rank:
83 out of 140
Overall Score:
9,26 out of 10
Rank:
2 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
Malta
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2008.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2004.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
Norway
  • 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.
Main Legislation
Malta
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 115-121A, 121C, 121D, 124-126, (Maltese/English);

  2. Permanent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988, (Maltese/English);

  3. Public Administration Act 2019, along with Code of Ethics, (Maltese/English);

  4. Protection of the Whistleblower Act 2013, (Maltese/English);

  5. Code of Principles of Good Corporate Governance for Listed Entities, (English).

 
Norway
  1. 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);
  2. Law on Restrictions on Employment after Leaving the Public Sector
    (Lov om informasjonsplikt, karantene og saksforbud for politikere, embetsmenn og statsansatte (karanteneloven)​), (Norwegian);
  3. Law on Civil Servants
    (Lov om statens ansatte mv. (statsansatteloven)​), (Norwegian);
  4. Government's Personnel Handbook
    (Statens personalhåndbok​), (Norwegian).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Malta
  1. Permanent Commission against Corruption of Malta, (Maltese/English).

Norway
  1. 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).

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