ABSTRACT
The past 20 years have seen unprecedented global efforts aimed at combating corrupt practices. With particular reference to criminalizing corruption, this chapter explores some of these efforts in four sections. The first considers the development of the regional and other anti-corruption initiatives which culminated in the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC),1 whilst the second explores the scope of the substantive criminal offences contained in these conventions. The third part discusses combating corruption offences involving the private sector and the liability of legal persons whilst the fourth reviews the monitoring procedures contained in the anti-corruption conventions. The chapter concludes with a short overview.
