1. Offences
1.1 Legal Framework for Offences
1.1.1 International Conventions
To fight cross-border corruption effectively, Germany supports
the implementation of and compliance with international standards
against corruption through active participation in the United
Nations, the World Bank, the G7/G20 and the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In Germany, the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign
Public Officials in International Business Transactions applies. In
addition, Germany has acceded to the UN Convention against
Corruption. The Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the
Council of Europe and a supplementary protocol were further
ratified by Germany on 10 May 2017.
