Bribeline: Bribe Demands in China
At a press conference held in Shanghai on July 15, 2007, TRACE released the first country-specific BRIBEline report. BRIBEline (www.bribeline.org) is a multi-lingual website through which companies and individuals can anonymously report bribe demands by ministry or sector. The site is managed by TRACE International, Inc., a Maryland-based non-profit membership organization dedicated to anti-bribery compliance.
The report focused on the 148 anonymous bribe demands that were reported in China between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. The overwhelming majority (85 percent) of those reported demands were requested by individuals affiliated with the Chinese government, including police (at 11 percent), the judiciary (also at 11 percent), and other government officials. That police and the judiciary—the bedrock of a nation’s justice system—make up 22 percent of the reported bribe demands is an especially disturbing statistic. At a minimum, companies doing business in China should consider adopting arbitration policies in order to avoid exposure to a corrupt judiciary. //Read more
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