THE OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed a review of Mexico’s enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments and has observed that Mexico should further prioritise fighting foreign bribery. The review report states that Mexico has improved, but needs to give greater priority to the criminal enforcement of bribery and ensure that its criminal law enforcement authorities have all the resources and expertise they need to seriously investigate all allegations.

The Working Group also recommended that Mexico:

+ Take action on pending legislation to further combat corruption, in particular amend and enforce its law on corporate liability for foreign bribery;

+ Expand its law on confiscation of the bribe and its proceeds and ensure that confiscation is routinely applied in practice;

+ Continue to improve the level and speed of its responsiveness to mutual legal assistance requests involving foreign bribery-related cases;