ABSTRACT
The Anti-Corruption Report provided a platform for discussion across different levels of government and civil society to improve anti-corruption tools. The Report was based on the principle that through periodical evaluation and the publication of fact-based reports, additional impetus would be created for member states to implement internationally recognised anti-corruption standards throughout the Union. The general responses from the citizens participating in the Eurobarometer found that there was a low perception and experience of paying bribery in the Nordic countries, like Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The Report used responses to the flash Eurobarometer 2013, and the survey found that more than three out of ten companies in the member states participating in public-procurement tenders reported that corruption had prevented them from winning a public contract. The Report identified that in Austria’s case, there were obstacles to investigators having access to banking information, which it deemed necessary for effective prosecution in cases relating to corruption and bribery.
