美国领导打击外国贿赂和跨国腐败的斗争
长期以来,美国一直是打击外国贿赂的全球领导者,我们的努力是美国反腐败工作的关键支柱。贿赂阻碍了全球经济廉洁、具有竞争性的运行,扭曲了市场,并且增加了在世界各地做生意的成本。
为了打击这种犯罪,美国与经济合作与发展组织(OECD)贿赂问题工作组的44个成员国共同努力。美国在OECD工作组中的领导力在打击贿赂外国官员的全球努力中发挥了重要作用。这项工作的一个重要部分是以身作则。
11月17日,工作组发布了《美国第四阶段报告》,该报告强调美国持续出色地致力于执行其外国贿赂法和协助全球反腐败斗争。该报告突出显示美国国务院、美国司法部和美国商务部以及美国证券交易委员会通过合作调查和起诉外国贿赂案件,在有效执行外国贿赂法规方面发挥的作用,以及它们为这一问题部署资源和运用专门知识方面发挥的作用。
美国国务院经济和工商事务局率领OECD贿赂问题工作组的美国代表团并协调机构间政策,通过打击国际工商业中的贿赂行为来为美国工商业创造公平的竞争环境并改善治理。美国鼓励所有政府,特别是工作组成员,通过有效的调查和起诉采取进一步行动来打击外国贿赂。
The United States has long been a global leader in combatting foreign bribery, and our efforts are a key pillar of U.S. anti-corruption efforts. Bribery hinders the clean and competitive functioning of the global economy, distorts markets, and raises the cost of doing business around the world.
To counter this crime, the United States works with the 44 member nations of the Working Group on Bribery of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). U.S. leadership within the OECD Working Group has been instrumental in global efforts to fight bribery of foreign officials. An important part of this effort is leading by example.
On November 17, the Working Group issued its Phase 4 Report of the United States, which highlights the sustained and outstanding commitment of the United States to enforcing its foreign bribery laws and aiding the global fight against corruption. The report underscores the roles of the U.S. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and the Securities and Exchange Commission in the effective enforcement of foreign bribery statutes through cooperation in investigating and prosecuting foreign bribery cases, and the deployment of resources and expertise to the issue.
The State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs heads the U.S. delegation to the OECD Working Group on Bribery and coordinates interagency policy on leveling the playing field for U.S. business and improving governance by fighting bribery in international business. The United States encourages all governments, and in particular, Working Group members, to take additional action to combat foreign bribery though effective investigation and prosecution.