Overseas bribery

 

As a result of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery which came into force in 1999, all OECD countries and any countries which have ratified the Convention have made it a crime for their companies and individual nationals to bribe a foreign public official abroad.  This means that such companies and individuals may be prosecuted for bribery in their home countries in addition to prosecution in the country where the bribery took place.