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Comparison of countries
Germany
Czech Republic
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Overall Score:
80 out of 100
Rank:
10 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Rank:
14 out of 133
Index of Public Integrity 2021
Overall Score:
8,62 out of 10
Rank:
14 out of 116
The Rule of Law Index 2021
Overall Score:
0,84 out of 1
Rank:
5 out of 139
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
54 out of 150
Rank:
125 out of 136
Open Budget 2019
Overall Score:
69 out of 100
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Overall Score:
54 out of 100
Rank:
49 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Rank:
67 out of 133
The Rule of Law Index 2021
Overall Score:
0,73 out of 1
Rank:
22 out of 139
Open Budget 2019
Overall Score:
59 out of 100
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
72 out of 150
Rank:
96 out of 136
Index of Public Integrity 2021
Overall Score:
8,25 out of 10
Rank:
22 out of 116
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
G20
FATF
UN
GRECO
OECD
IACA
Germany
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2014.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The report is available here.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2017.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption is not ratified.
  • The 5 evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • 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.
Group of Twenty (G20)
  • G20 Presidency in 2017.
  • The documents adopted under Germany’s Presidency are available here.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Czech Republic
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2013.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • GRECO’s member since 2002.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The fourth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2000.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
Main Legislation
Germany

  1. Criminal Code: Articles 263, 265c-265e, 298-301, 331-337
    (Strafgesetzbuch: § 263, 265c-265e, 298-301, 331-338), (German), (English);

  2. Act on Regulatory Offences, Section 30
    (Ordnungswidrigkeitengesetz), (German), (English);

  3. Act on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
    (Gesetz zu dem Übereinkommen vom 17. Dezember 1997 über die Bekämpfung der Bestechung ausländischer Amtsträger im internationalen Geschäftsverkehr), (German), (English);

  4. Law on Civil Servants in the Federal States​
    (Gesetz zur Regelung des Statusrechts der Beamtinnen und Beamten in den Ländern), (German);

  5. Law on Federal Civil Service
    (Bundesbeamtengesetz), (German).

Czech Republic
  1. Criminal code: Articles 216, 248, 331-334
    (Trestní zákoník: § 216, 248, 331-334), (cez.);
  2. Law № 159/2006 «Conflict of interest»
    (Zákon č. 159/2006 Sb. O střetu zájmů), (cez.);
  3. Law № 418/2011 «Criminal liability of legal persons and proceeding against them»
    (Zákon č. 418/2011 Sb. O trestní odpovědnosti právnických osob a řízení proti nim), (cez.);
  4. Law № 234/2014 «Civil Service»
    (Zákon č. 234/2014 Sb. O státní službě), (cez.).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Germany

  1. Federal Criminal Police Office
    (Bundeskriminalamt), (German).

Czech Republic

  1. Office for Combating Organized Crime, Police of the Czech Republic
    (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu služby kriminální policie a vyšetřování Policie České republiky), (Czech);

  2. Department for Conflict-of-Interest Management and Countering Corruption, Ministry of Justice
    (Odboru střetu zájmů a boje proti korupci v rámci Sekce dohledu a justice na Ministerstvu spravedlnosti), (Czech).

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