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Comparison of countries
Germany
Slovakia
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2020
Overall Score:
80 out of 100
Rank:
9 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Rank:
14 out of 133
Index of Public Integrity 2019
Overall Score:
8,62 out of 10
Rank:
14 out of 117
The Rule of Law Index 2020
Overall Score:
0,84 out of 1
Rank:
6 out of 128
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
54 out of 150
Rank:
120 out of 128
Open Budget 2019
Overall Score:
69 out of 100
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2020
Overall Score:
49 out of 100
Rank:
60 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Rank:
104 out of 133
Open Budget 2019
Overall Score:
60 out of 100
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
68 out of 150
Rank:
103 out of 128
Index of Public Integrity 2019
Overall Score:
7,81 out of 10
Rank:
31 out of 117
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.
Slovakia
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • 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 1999.
  • 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 fifth 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 1999.
  • The country is undergoing Phases 3 and 1bis evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The reports are 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, Sections 299-301 and 331-338
    (Strafgesetzbuch, § 299-301, § 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);

  6. Law on Countering Corruption
    (Gesetz zur Bekämpfung der Korruption), (German).

Slovakia

  1. Criminal Code, Part 3, articles 328-336b
    (Trestný zákon), (Slovak);

  2. Constitutional Act No. 357/2004 «On the Protection of Public Interest in the Performance of Offices by Public Officials»
    (Ústavný zákon č. 357/2004 o ochrane verejného záujmu pri výkone funkcií verejných funkcionárov), (Slovak/English);

  3. Law No. 91/2016 «On Criminal Liability of Legal Persons and on the Amendments to Specific Legislative Acts»
    (Zákon č. 91/2016 o trestnej zodpovednosti právnických osôb a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), (Slovak);

  4. Law No. 55/2017 «On Public Service and on the Amendments to Certain Laws»
    (Zákon č. 55/2017 o štátnej službe a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), (Slovak);

  5. Law No. 54/2019 «On the Protection of Persons Reporting Violations of Public Interest and on the Amendments to Specific Acts»
    (Zákon č. 54/2019 o ochrane oznamovateľov protispoločenskej činnosti a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov), (Slovak).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Germany

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

Slovakia

  1. National Criminal Agency of Slovakia
    (Národná kriminálna agentúra), (Slovak).

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