International cooperation of states in the fight against corruption crimes : selected issues

Modern corruption crimes take the form of actions which respective stages and effects may occur in the territories of different countries. Therefore it is necessary to create a system of effective international cooperation to combat corruption and to adopt legislation enabling the prosecution of the perpetrators of corruption. Such activities have been undertaken by international organizations acting at general and regional level. Their efforts resulted in adoption of a number of anti-corruption documents. The paper presents these elements of cooperation mechanisms which have been regulated in the analyzed anti-corruption documents, in particular with regard to extradition, mutual legal assistance and asset recovery of the corruption practices. In the first place, the paper presents the most important jurisdictional regulations in respect of acts of corruption.