Anti‐Corruption Laws: Is There a Model?

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/eb025841
Date01 January 1998
Pages275-282
Published date01 January 1998
AuthorPeter Maynard
Subject MatterAccounting & finance
Journal of Financial Crime Vol. 5 No. 3 Legislation
LEGISLATION
Anti-Corruption Laws: Is There a Model?
Peter Maynard
The short answer is no. Notable examples of anti-
corruption laws arc available. But there is probably
no single example that one would elevate to a
definitive universal model. This short briefing will
focus first on the multilateral efforts of the
Organization of the American States (OAS) against
corruption and secondly, on the new anti money-
laundering legislation of the Bahamas with refer-
ences to other major countries, as another
perspective apart from the perspectives of other
regions.
Corruption is at least as old as Adam's apple.
Similarly, the corruption of public officials and the
enactment of anti-corruption measures in various
parts of the world is not new. In more modern
times,
major campaigns took place throughout the
19th century and into the 20th century to enact
laws against corruption, variously called bribery,
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