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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: France restricts international corruption investigations |
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Quote: | France restricts international corruption investigations
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Today @ 17:42 CET
EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS – French legislation restricts prosecutors in investigating international corruption cases, a report by the Council of Europe's anti-corruption group (GRECO) shows.
"France has severely restricted its jurisdiction and its ability to prosecute cases with an international dimension, which, given the country's importance in the international economy and the scale of many of its companies, is very regrettable," the report states.
The report, approved by the French government, was published on Thursday (12 March). The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) was established in 1999 by the Council of Europe to monitor member states' compliance with anti-corruption standards.
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http://euobserver.com/9/27773/?rk=1 |
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