We are delighted to present the Seventh Edition of the CMS Guide to Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws, which is now accessible for the first time in both offline PDF format and online on our website.
The purpose of the Guide is to provide an overview of anti-bribery and corruption laws in 52 countries worldwide. In the seventh edition, we include new entries from 8 further countries: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Morocco, Mozambique, North Macedonia, Norway and Sweden.
Since the publication of the previous edition in 2021, 17 of the 44 jurisdictions covered have introduced substantive changes to their anti-corruption laws. The vast majority of these have widened the scope of offences or introduced stronger penalties for breach.
As with previous editions, this Guide provides answers to the following key questions for each of the 52 countries:
- what are the offences?
- who can be liable and when?
- what are the penalties?
- what are the defences?
We hope that this information will provide readers with an initial starting point when considering particular national regimes, as well as points of contact should specific advice be needed.
