An often cited “fact” in the last few years was that Canadian law enforcement had approximately 20 pending anti-corruption investigations/cases. Recently, the RCMP confirmed that it had 34 active investigations/cases, an increase of 14 or 70 percent, in enforcement activity. Canadian resource co...
In fact, charges have only ever been laid in nine cases in the CFPOA’s entire history, with only two individuals and four companies ever having been sanctioned. Canada’s anemic CFPOA enforcement is particularly worrisome given that Canadian exports and investments are disproportionately in high...
Corruption, Party, and Government in Britain, 1702–1713 Graham's argument can be reduced to the following propositions. For all the talk of "the public interest," when it came to particular cases, parliamentarians and officials disagreed as to how it applied; instead, more or less partisan ...
The authority has been involved in crackdowns on a number of corruption and money-laundering cases in recent years, also including Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. It did not offer details about alleged corruption or money laundering involving Julius Bae...
Ct., Supreme Court of Canada, cit in Wilsher, Dan, “Inexplicable Wealth and illicit enrichment of public officials: A model draft that respects human rights in corruption cases - v - 2006Wilsher, D. (2006), Inexplicable Wealth and Illicit Enrichment of Public Officials: A Model Draft that ...
While the three generations of corruption metrics described in the previous section may differ in their precise approach—be it citizen or expert opinions, victimization rates, mediatized cases, etc.— they all purportedly quantify the phenomenon referred to as “corruption”. However, what precisely...
On the one hand, Prime Minister Trudeau was correct, and Acting Attorney General Wilson-Raybould was incorrect, about the appropriateness of a DPA in this case. However, the principle of prosecutorial independence from political influence—especially in corruption cases—is far more important, and ...
Canada (76) and Uruguay (73) were the top scoring countries in the region with robust processes and high levels of judicial independence. Chile (66) has been notable for the strength of its democratic institutions and transparency, but the country has seen its score decrease since 2014 due to...
"Some cases are at a crucial stage for breaking them, and we need to put more pressure on the suspects," said Liu. As of March 31, 365 suspects in duty-related crimes such as embezzlement and bribery were known to be at large overseas and another 581 were unaccounted for, the statement...
Canada, criticized in the past by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and others as a laggard on anti-corruption policies, has taken steps in recent years to catch up to its more advanced peers, including new measures set to come into force in June. ...