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Criminalization of illegal enrichment
- Source: Freedom from Fear, Volume 2009, Issue 4, Jul 2009, p. 18 - 22
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- 11 Jul 2009
Abstract
According to the public opinion’s group of definitions, some behaviour or act should be considered as corruption as the public opinion considers it as corruptive. Corruption also can be defined as a process in which at least two persons, through an illegal exchange conducted with purpose of getting certain personal benefits, do something contrary to public interest and, by breaching moral and legal norms, threaten the fundamentals of democratic society and the rule of law. In any case, corruption is the generic term set for criminal offences such as bribe giving, bribe accepting, trading in influence and so on.
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