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Formal Review of Italy’s Compliance with OECD Antibribery Convention Requested
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Italy faces EU procedure over presumption of innocence - General News
The European Commission said Wednesday that it is opening infringement proceedings against Italy for alleged failure to respect the EU directive on strengthening the presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial in criminal proceedings. (ANSA)
Formal Review of Italy’s Compliance with OECD Antibribery Convention Requested
In a June 5 submission to Kathleen Roussel, Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, three NGOs have asked the group to find Italy has failed to prevent political interference in a case where, in the face of overwhelming evidence, Italian oil giant Eni, Shell, and accomplices were acquitted of paying a $1.1 billion bribe to acquire rights to Nigerian oil field license OPL-245 (here). As a party to the OECD Antibribery Convention, Italy pledge…
The EU Commission initiates an infringement procedure on Italy by sending a letter of formal notice, for the failure to transpose the directive on the strengthening of the presumption of innocence and the right to attend the trial in criminal proceedings. For Brussels Italy has not correctly transposed the provisions relating to restrictions on the use of physical contentious measures in public, to the right to silence and not to self-incriminat…
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