Truntsevskiy Yu.V. Anti-corruption law in modern Australia

Abstract: The author notes that anti-corruption laws ensure the prosperity of states and companies all over the world. Australia is ranked ninth in the Corruption Perception Index of the Transparency International. According to the laws of some States and Territories, the person is not found guilty of the crime if this person can prove that the crime had been committed under pressure (with the reality of the threat) or as a response to a sudden or unforeseen situation. If the benefit of the graft is small, prosecution may not be launched. The corporation won’t be found guilty of the crime, if it can prove that it had acted with a due prudence to prevent the actions, approve or allow. The Australian Federal Police has the right to apply for entry to the object of property and confiscation of money or property. The author applies general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the systems method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, and modeling), traditional legal methods (formal logical), and specific sociological methods (statistical, expert assessments, etc.). The author concludes that at present, in order to ensure legality in the economic sphere, it is necessary to improve forms and methods of corruption prevention. The author states the necessity to develop legal regulation of economic safety. The novelty of the study lies in the proposals about the development of forms and methods of state regulation of the economy and legal and organizational guarantees of corruption prevention in the economic sphere.  

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