International Anti-Corruption Law Research Guide

Below are selected E.U. materials that address corruption issues.

• E.U. Money Laundering: Preventing Use of the Financial System
  Page that briefly summarizes major E.U. money laundering law, with links to related acts and directives.
   
• Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee—On a Comprehensive E.U. Policy Against Corruption
  Synopsis of relevant law and policy actions taken by the E.U. This overview provides background on why the communication was written.
   
• Convention of the European Union on the Fight Against Corruption Involving Officials of the European Communities or Officials of Member States
  This overview provides information on subsequent legislation and related acts.
   
• Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests (PFI Convention)
  This overview provides information on subsequent legislation and related acts. The convention has two principal protocols: the first entered into force alongside the convention in 2002 and the second in 2009. An additional protocol on the convention’s interpretation by the European Court of Justice also entered into force alongside the convention in 2002. The convention was replaced by the Directive on the Fight Against Fraud to the Union’s Financial Interests by Means of Criminal Law (PFI Directive; see below).
   
• Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the Fight Against Fraud to the Union’s Financial Interests by Means of Criminal Law (PFI Directive)
  This directive replaced the Convention on the Protection of the European Communities’ Financial Interests (PFI Convention; see above) effective July 6, 2019. This article from the European Criminal Law Associations’ Forum (EUCRIM) provides background.
   
• Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on Combating Corruption in the Private Sector
  This decision was designed to harmonize legal terms commonly used in corruption legislation to better enforce anticorruption policies. For an overview of the decision and how it relates to other acts, see this overview.