Anti-Corruption 2026 - Law And Practice

1. Legal Framework

1.1 International Conventions

Corruption by its very nature is a complex crime. It entails:

• giving and accepting bribes;
• ingenious ways of providing a promise or gratification to a party; and
• appropriating such bribes or proceeds and laundering such proceeds, which may also result in tax evasion or generation of "black money", and may also be layered in foreign jurisdictions.

Owing to the complexity and cross-border implications of corruption, India signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption (the "Convention") on 9 December 2005 and ratified it on 9 May 2011. The Convention covers:

• preventative measures;
• criminalisation;