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Developments in Indian Anti-Corruption Legislation

By Paul R. Berger, Steven S. Michaels and Aaron M. Tidman
July 28, 2011

While U.S. authorities have stepped up FCPA enforcement to an unprecedented level, other countries have concurrently taken steps to pass tougher anti-corruption laws and bring their enforcement efforts in line with international standards. India, the world's largest democracy and second largest country by population, finds itself among the forefront of countries working to rid themselves of corrupt transactions, joining regional neighbors Indonesia and the UAE, as well as China, Mexico and Russia as countries that have most recently decided to tackle significant anti-corruption legislation.

India currently ranks 87th (in a tie with Jamaica and Liberia, and below China, which ranks 78th) out of 178 countries on Transparency International's 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index. The Indian government has been under significant pressure at home to enact new, strong anti-corruption legislation and to provide greater resources to back the enforcement of existing anti-corruption laws because of several major scandals involving high ranking public officials that have made international headlines over the past few months.

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