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OTTAWA — The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s working group on bribery has issued a press release about Canada on just two occasions in the last decade.

The first came in 2011, when a statement noted that while one of its standard compliance review had found “progress” in the investigation of bribery of foreign officials by Canadian businesses, enforcement was still “problematic in important areas.” The OECD, an intergovernmental group that promotes trade and economic progress, issues similar statements on a regular basis about nearly every country among the 44 that signed on to its anti-bribery pact. Rarely does it flag a more serious problem.

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But on Monday, it announced it was closely following the allegations swirling around Canada’s criminal prosecution of the Montreal engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. It is only the second time in 20 years it has raised concerns over specific allegations related to its anti-bribery rules.