In the United States, anti-corruption legislation
characterized by extreme rigidity.
Determination of corruption and responsibility for
it is set out in Chapter 11 “Bribery, illegal
income and conflict of interest ”of title 18 of the Code
US laws. Article 201 of the named chapter
criminalizes
for offering, promising and giving a bribe in
exchange for committing illegal acts
official (the so-called
“Active bribery”).
Paragraph (b) of this section provides
public official responsibility
a person who “directly or indirectly requires
as bribery, achieves, gets,
accepts or agrees to receive or
accept any value personally or for
any other person or organization ”in
exchange for any illegal actions or
inaction at work (“passive bribery”).
For various types of corruption – a bribe,
kickback (payment of part of illegal money
to the party to the transaction), etc. – provided
fines triple the bribe, or
imprisonment from 15 years, or both
the other at the same time, and with aggravating
circumstances – imprisonment for up to 20 years.
In addition, they are recognized as corrupt
transactions between any persons regarding
devices for the federal state
service.