International Agreements

Organization of American States (OAS)

Convention and Related Documents:

Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
(signed March 29, 1996; Senate advise and consent given July 27, 2000; formal ratification pending)

Senate Resolution Advising and Consenting to the Convention 
(July 27, 2000)

• Round 1 Review of the United States:
   

  Report on the Implementation of the Convention in the United States (Round 1) 
  (Adopted September 30, 2005)

• Round 2 Review of the United States:

  Report on the Implementation of the Convention in the United States (Round 2)
  (Adopted June 27, 2008)

• Round 3 Review of the United States:

  Report on the Implementation in the United States of the Convention (Round 3)
  (Adopted March 25, 2011)

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

• Convention and Related Documents:

  United States Proposal on the Issue of Illicit Payments
  (drafted March 22, 1989; distributed March 23, 1989)

  Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
  (signed December 17, 1997; Senate advise and consent given July 31, 1998; formal ratification deposited December 8, 1998)

  Commentaries on the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
  (Adopted November 21, 1997)

  Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions(Adopted November 26, 2009)

  Good Practice Guidance on Internal Controls, Ethics, and Compliance (Adopted February 18, 2010)

  Steps Taken by the United States to Implement and Enforce the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
  (Information as of February 25, 2013)

• Phase 1 Review of the United States:

  U.S. Response to Phase 1 Questionnaire

  Supplemental Response to Phase 1 Questionnaire

  OECD’s Phase 1 Report on the United States

• Phase 2 Review of the United States:

  U.S. Response to Phase 2 Questionnaire

  • Appendix A: DOJ Cases
    Appendix B: SEC Cases
    Appendix C: Mead Jury Instructions
    Appendix D: Bibliography
    Appendix E: Pleadings in U.S. v. Metcalf & Eddy
    Appendix F: Securities Statutes & Rules
    Appendix G: Indictment in U.S. v. King
    Appendix H: Information in U.S. v. Cantor
    Appendix I: Complaint in U.S. & SEC v. KPMG Siddhartha Siddhartha & Harsono
    Appendix J: DOJ Opinion Releases 2000 – 2001
    Appendix K: Principles of Federal Prosecution of Corporations
    Appendix L: Principles of Federal Prosecution
    Appendix M: Alternative Fines Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3571
    Appendix N: Merit Systems Protection Board – Whistleblower Appeals
    Appendix O: Statutes of Limitations
    Appendix P: Indictment in U.S. v. Kay
    Appendix Q: Indictment in U.S. v. David Mead, et al.
    Appendix R: Information in U.S. v. Control Systems Specialists, Inc., et al.
    Appendix S: Internal Revenue Manual Excerpts
    Appendix T: Laundering of Monetary Instruments, 18 U.S.C. § 1956 – 1957
    Appendix U: Civil and Criminal Forfeiture, 18 U.S.C. § 981 – 982
    Appendix V: Enforcement of Foreign Judgment, 28 U.S.C. § 2467
    Appendix W: 2001 Guidance on Enhanced Scrutiny for Transactions that may Involve the Proceeds of Foreign Official Corruption
    Appendix X: Compliance, Exemptions, and Summons Authority, 31 U.S.C. § 5318
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  U.S. Response to Questions Related to the Phase 1 Evaluation

  OECD’s Phase 2 Report on the United States

• Phase 3 Review of the United States:

  U.S. Response to Phase 3 Questionnaire

  • Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
    Appendix B: U.S. Foreign Bribery Enforcement Statistics 
    Appendix C: Summaries of U.S. Enforcement Actions, 1998-2010 
    Appendix D: Court Opinions 
    Appendix E: Statutes 
    Appendix F: Department of Justice Policies 
    Appendix G: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
    Appendix H: U.S. Response on Treatment of Small Facilitation Payments 
    Appendix I: Third Mutual Evaluation Report by FATF
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  U.S. Response to Supplemental Phase 3 Questionnaire

  • Appendix 1: Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11
    Appendix 2: Impact of the Principles of Federal Prosecution on Resolution Decisions 
    Appendix 3: Selection of Monitors
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  OECD Press Release

  U.S. Press Release

  OECD's Phase 3 Report on the United States

• Phase 4 Review of the United States
  OECD Working Group on Bribery’s Phase 4 Report on the United States

United Nations (U.N.)

United Nations Convention against Corruption
(signed December 9, 2003; ratified October 30, 2006)

Pilot Review of the United States (September 1, 2009)

United States UNCAC Self Assessment (July 10, 2010)

United States Executive Summary, UNCAC Implementation Review Group, Third Session (June 22, 2012)

Council of Europe (COE)

• Convention and Related Documents:

  Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
  (signed October 10, 2000; ratification pending)

  Explanatory Report on the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (December 1, 1998)

  Agreement Establishing The Group of States Against Corruption – GRECO (Adopted May 5, 1998)

  Ministers' Resolution Approving the GRECO Agreement
  (Adopted May 5, 1998)

• First Round Evaluation of the United States:

  Evaluation Report on the United States (First Round)
  (Adopted March 25, 2004)

  Compliance Report on the United States (First Round)
  (Adopted May 12, 2006)

  Addendum to the Compliance Report on the United States
  (First Round) (Adopted June 13, 2008)

• Second Round Evaluation of the United States:

  Evaluation Report on the United States (Second Round)
  (Adopted October 13, 2006)

  Compliance Report on the United States (Second Round) 
  (Adopted December 5, 2008)

• Third Round Evaluation of the United States:

  Evaluation Report on the United States (Third Round)
  (Adopted December 9, 2011)

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