ABSTRACT
This chapter adopts a comparative approach in analysing the Italian legal framework on the fight against corruption. The Italian system has both repressive and preventive measures, which are considered here: in respect of the former, crimes of corruption in the public and the private sector; and regarding the latter, corporate criminal liability and the National Anti-Corruption Plan. After reforms in 2012 and 2017, it can be seen that the Italian anti-corruption system has transposed both European and international measures (as shown by the offence of trafficking of unlawful influences and by the changes made to the crime of private corruption), yet maintain some links with the national tradition (as it is evident from the fact that the crime of “concussione” is still in force) and shows some aspects of indisputable originality (as highlighted by the National Anti-Corruption Plan). This chapter suggests that these recent reforms ensure a complete and efficient system, with a large arsenal of both repressive and preventive measures.
