MAIN PIECE
April 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNSLOWLY but surely, the world is becoming a little more open and honest in its business transactions. Bribery and corruption have existed as long as people have traded with each other and in some parts of the world remain as matter-of-fact as ever. But under pressure from a number of institutions including the United Nations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe and others, the noose around those who operate on the border-line of legality in business transactions is being steadily tightened.In ...
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