Concept of corruption

September 16, 2024

The foundations of the state anti-corruption policy are defined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of July 15, 2015 "On Combating Corruption" (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Combating Corruption).

According to Article 1 of the Law on Combating Corruption, corruption is understood as:

the intentional use by a public official or a person equated to him, or a foreign official, of his official position and related opportunities for the unlawful acquisition of property or other benefits in the form of work, services, patronage, or promises of advantages for oneself or for third parties;

bribery of a public official or a person equated to him, or a foreign official, by providing them with property or other benefits in the form of work, services, patronage, or promises of advantages for them or for third parties, so that this public official or a person equated to him, or a foreign official, performs or refrains from performing actions in the performance of their official (labor) duties, as well as the commission of the specified actions on behalf of or in the interests of a legal entity, including a foreign one.

Glubokoe District Prosecutor's Office