OAS Initiates Project Against Foreign Aspects of Corruption

During its General Assembly in Belem, Brazil, that started on June 5, 1994, the Organization of American States considered a proposal to form a working group to prepare model legislation against corruption. Building on previous OAS meetings, the Chilean Government has initiated the anti-corruption project stating that the majority of the countries in the hemisphere are undergoing a process of modernization of the state, which implicates the improvement of political and administrative institutions, making them more efficient and transparent. The development indicates how the OAS and other regional institutions are increasingly considering international criminal cooperation?[more]