BRIBERY HOTLINE RECEIVES HITS FROM DOZENS OF NATIONS

 
By Michael Peel in London
Monday, July 30, 2007
 
International companies and private individuals are making hundreds of reports a week to a pioneering internet hotline launched this month to map bribery worldwide and help businesses plan how to deal with it.

Trace, a non-profit group set up to help companies tackle corruption, says its Bribeline has already received more than 1,000 reports from 89 countries, from people claiming officials have asked them for pay-offs ranging from less than $20 to more than $500,000 (�66,000, £246,000).

The scale and diversity of the responses highlight both the global extent of corruption and the increased sensitivity to it in an era in which the US and other countries are stepping up action against alleged bribery in multinational companies.


全球反腐败热线开通一周 收到逾千举报

 
英国《金融时报》迈克尔•皮尔(Michael Peel)伦敦报道
2007年7月30日 星期一
 
本月开通的一条开拓性的互联网热线，在一周时间内就收到了来自国际企业和个人的逾千宗举报。该热线旨在勾勒全球各地的腐败行为，并帮助企业规划如何应对。

为帮助企业解决腐败问题而设立的非营利集团Trace表示，其反腐败热线(Bribeline)已收到来自89个国家的1000多条报告，人们声称政府官员曾向他们索取从不足20美元到超过50万美元不等的贿赂。

人们的反馈规模之广、种类之多，凸显出腐败行为在全球广泛存在，同时也反映出，随着美国及其它国家加紧对跨国公司涉嫌贿赂行为采取行动，人们对腐败问题越来越敏感。

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