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Modernization of the German Anti-Corruption Criminal Law: The Next Steps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

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“Despite many successes in the anti-corruption movement, […] it must never be forgotten that both in political life and in the economic sphere there are powerful factors prompting and encouraging corrupt practices.”

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Copyright © 2007 by German Law Journal GbR 

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