Colby: Why did you come to ? writings papers While this article focuses on anti-bribery measures in the UK, the UK’s anti-corruption initiatives should be seen in the light of international efforts to combat bribery and corruption. In recent years, anti-corruption laws have evolved in many jurisdictions largely as a result of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Anti-Bribery Convention 1997, whose signatories agreed, among other things, to adopt domestic legislation to criminalise the bribery of foreign public officials, to provide international assistance in prosecuting foreign bribery, to introduce corporate liability for bribery and to impose proportionate and effective sanctions for bribery offences. As at August 2013, 40 states, including the UK, are signatories to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.