Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

Corruption 165
As can be seen in Table I.3, active and passive corruption in the public sector is
punishable under the law in all countries. The same is true for the private sector,
for active corruption of foreign public officials, intermediation in corruption
(missing data for the Netherlands), extortion by public officers, public officers receiving
property to show favor / indirect bribery in public sector / trading in
influence in public sector (missing data for Albania and England and Wales). Instigation
to corruption is punishable in six out of the nine responding countries. No
answer was provided for France, the Netherlands and England and Wales. Only for
bribery of electorate one country out of nine responding countries (France) responded
that this is not considered a criminal offence (no answer for England and
Wales).