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Comparison of countries
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2020
Overall Score:
77 out of 100
Rank:
11 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Rank:
12 out of 133
The Rule of Law Index 2020
Overall Score:
0,79 out of 1
Rank:
13 out of 128
Open Budget 2019
Overall Score:
70 out of 100
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
99 out of 150
Rank:
43 out of 134
Index of Public Integrity 2019
Overall Score:
8,83 out of 10
Rank:
10 out of 114
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2020
Overall Score:
57 out of 100
Rank:
42 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2020
Rank:
27 out of 133
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
69 out of 134
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
G20
FATF
UN
GRECO
IACA
United Kingdom
The United Nations (UN)
  • 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.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • 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.
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 2009.
  • The documents adopted under UK’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.
Cyprus
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified 2009.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary 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 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The fourth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
Main Legislation
United Kingdom

  1. Bribery Act 2010, (English);

  2. Public Interest Disclosure Act, (English);

  3. Ministerial Code, (English);

  4. Civil Service Management Code, (English).

Cyprus

  1. Criminal Code, articles 100-105А and 118
    (Ο περί Ποινικού Κώδικα Νόμος (ΚΕΦ.154), 1959), (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 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).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
United Kingdom

  1. Serious Fraud Office, (English);

  2. Committee on Standards in Public Life, (English);

  3. Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, (English);

  4. International Corruption Unit of the National Crime Agency, (English).

 
Cyprus
  1. Ministry of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus
    (Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης και Δημοσίας Τάξεως), (Greek/English).

     

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