Memorandum of Understanding between The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of Ireland regarding the return, disposition and management of certain forfeited assets. In August 2020, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Helen McEntee TD, signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland and the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the return [...]
Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019 was published on 23 January 2020. Ireland’s ranking of 18 out of 180 countries is a solid indication of how clean the country is considered to be when examined through the lens of perceived levels of public corruption.
In October 2019, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a phase 1bis evaluation on the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018 to assess its conformity with the Convention on Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. While this evaluation was solely focused on the legislation, there will be [...]
