Degreasing palms

The United Nations is likely to ratify extensive anti-corruption legislation in December. But recent scandals at energy giants Elf and Statoil highlight the difficulties in stamping out bribery and corruption. By Joe Marsh

Bribery and corruption are as rife as ever, it seems. Even a company with areputation as strong as Statoil’s fell foul of bribery allegations in September(see box). And at the start of November, French courts finally delivered theirdamning verdict in the corruption trial of French former state-run oil companyElf.

Nevertheless, the United Nations (UN) expects to sign its Convention againstCorruption in December – the most wide-ranging of its type yet, says RichardShoylekov, an anti-corruption

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