European Union: The Fight against International Corruption — Modelling the Member States' National Laws through Multilateral Anti‐Corruption Instruments?

Abstract

Traditionally the application of national criminal law is limited to national territory. According to the territorial principle — which takes a central place in most jurisdictions — the active corruption of national officials or public officers, provided it is committed on national territory, can give rise to prosecution, irrespective of the question whether the offender is a national or a foreigner. As for acts of passive corruption committed on national territory the same principle applies: as a rule, prosecution of the corrupted national official will be possible by virtue of the national provisions concerning criminal proceedings and the determination of the competent court.

Citation

Vermeulen, G. (1997), "European Union: The Fight against International Corruption — Modelling the Member States' National Laws through Multilateral Anti‐Corruption Instruments?", Journal of Money Laundering Control, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 79-84. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027123