HSE University Anti-Corruption Portal
Comparison of countries
Singapore
Cyprus
Indices
Overall Score:
83 out of 100
Rank:
5 out of 180
Rank:
3 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,78 out of 1
Rank:
17 out of 142
Overall Score:
53 out of 100
Rank:
49 out of 180
Rank:
15 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
31 out of 142
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
74 out of 140
International Cooperation
UN
APEC
FATF
UN
GRECO
Singapore
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2009.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • APEC’s member since 1989.
  • Member of the FATF since 1992.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
Cyprus
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified 2009.
  • 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 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
Main Legislation
Singapore
  1. Penal Code (Chapter 224 of the 2008 Revised Edition of the Statutes of the Republic of Singapore): Articles 161-165, 168, 169, (English);

  2. Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 241 of the 2008 Revised Edition of the Statutes of the Republic of Singapore, (English);

  3. Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits Act), Chapter 65a of the 2008 Revised Edition of the Statutes of the Republic of Singapore, (English).

Cyprus
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 100-105А
    (Ο περί Ποινικού Κώδικα Νόμος (ΚΕΦ.154), 1959: Άρθρα 100-105Α), (Greek);

  2. Law on the Prevention of Corruption
    (Ο περί Πρόληψης Διαφθοράς Νόμος (КЕФ.161), 1959), (Greek);

  3. Law on Civil Service
    (Ο περί Δημόσιας Υπηρεσίας Νόμος του 1990 (N. 1/1990), (Greek);

  4. Law on Ratification of the Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption: Article 4
    (Ο περί της Σύμβασης του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης για την Ποινικοποίηση της Διαφθοράς (Κυρωτικός) Νόμος του 2000 (Ν. 23(III)/2000): Αρθρο 4)(Greek);

  5. Law on Declaration and Control of Property of Certain Publicly Exposed Persons and Certain Officials
    (Ο περί Ορισμένων Δημόσια Εκτεθειμένων Προσώπων και Ορισμένων Αξιωματούχων της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας (Δήλωση και Έλεγχος Περιουσίας) Νόμος του 2004 (Ν. 50(I)/2004))(Greek);

  6. Law on Illicit Enrichment of Officials
    (Ο περί Ποινικού Κώδικα Νόμος (Ο περί Αθέμιτης Κτήσης Περιουσιακού Οφέλους από Αξιωματούχους και Λειτουργούς του Δημοσίου Νόμος του 2004 (N. 51(I)/2004), (Greek);

  7. Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers of Violations of Union and National Laws
    (Ο περί της Προστασίας Προσώπων που Αναφέρουν Παραβάσεις του Ενωσιακού και Εθνικού Δικαίου Νόμος του 2022 (Ν. 6(I)/2022))(Greek);
  8. Law on the Establishment and Functioning of the Independent Directorate for Combating Corruption
    (O περί της Σύστασης και Λειτουργίας της Ανεξάρτητης Αρχής κατά της Διαφθοράς Νόμος του 2022 (Ν. 19(I)/2022))(Greek).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Singapore
  1. Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, (English).

Cyprus
  1. Ministry of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus
    (Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης και Δημοσίας Τάξεως), (Greek/English);
  2. Independent Authority against Corruption
    (Ανεξάρτητης Αρχής κατά της Διαφθοράς), (Greek).

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