The case

Switzerland should promptly adopt legislative reforms to protect private sector whistleblowers and to increase fines for companies convicted of foreign bribery.

Source: OECD

The commentary

These concerns were expressed during a 16-17 June visit to Bern in the context of continuing monitoring of implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, of which Switzerland is a Party since July 2000. For more see link.

Switzerland takes note of the OECD’s comments. Link

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