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Foreign bribery prosecutions and investigations

The following table lists foreign bribery prosecutions and investigations for the 34 participating countries.

Country

Prosecutions

Investigations

Share of World Exports

2007

2006

2007

2006

% for 2006
Source:OECD/IMF (2006 data)

Argentina

0

0

0

0

0.35

Australia

0

0

4 (1)**

3

1.08

Austria

0

u

0

0

1.26

Belgium

4*

3

some

0

2.36

Brazil

0

-

0

-

1.07

Bulgaria

3

3

2

0

0.14

Canada

1

1

some

u

3.16

Chile

0

-

0

-

0.38

Czech Rep.

0

0

0

0

0.73

Denmark

1

1

21 (21)**

21 (21)**

0.97

Estonia

0

0

0

0

0.09

Finland

0

0

1

1

0.64

France

9

8

u

u

4.09

Germany

4+

3

83+ (63)**

43 (21)**

8.87

Greece

u

0

u

u

0.39

Hungary

18

18

27

26

0.60

Ireland

u

u

3 (3 )**

u

1.20

Italy

2

1

1

1

3.53

Japan

1

0

u

u

4.78

Korea (South)

5

5

2

0

2.62

Mexico

0

0

1

0

1.82

Netherlands

10 (8)**

0

8

0

3.35

New Zealand

0

0

2 (2)**

0

0.21

Norway

2

2

u

u

1.06

Poland

0

u

0

u

0.94

Portugal

0

0

2

2

0.41

Slovak Rep.

0

0

0

1 (1)**

0.32

Slovenia

0

-

0

-

0.18

Spain

2

2

1

u

2.18

Sweden

1

1

14 (12)**

12 (12)**

1.35

Switzerland

1

1

23 (17)**

4

1.33

Turkey

0

0

0

0

0.77

United Kingdom

0

0

15

4

4.64

United States

67

50

60

55

9.99

* The Belgian authorities are also prosecuting 6 cases referred to them by OLAF and 1 NATO case
** Numbers in brackets indicate number of Oil for Food cases included in the total number
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