Germany: the Deutsche Bahn reforms and extends its unit against corruption

On the occasion of the publication of its 2006-07 report against corruption on Monday, the first German railway company announced that it was almost going to triple the staff of its "Compliance" department and create an international network for anonymous collection of information. (Ref. 080436)
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In addition to officially announcing it was going to float parts of its capital on the stock market as of November 5, the Deutsche Bahn presented, on May 26 in Berlin, its 2006-07 internal evaluation of the fight against bribery within the company. It was also the opportunity to present the DB’s first “Chief Compliance Officer”, a position created on September 1, 2007 and which hierarchically only answers to the CEO. This first officer is none other than Wolfgang Schaupensteiner, former Attorne

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