Key Aspects of Transnational Practice of Corruption Prevention and Prospects of Their Implementation in Ukraine

Abstract

The relevance of scientific intelligence is that the existing problem of preventing corruption is not only a national problem, but also a global problem. The purpose of the article is to study the international experience in preventing corruption offenses in order to implement it in domestic law. The methodological basis of our scientific article is a system of methods and techniques of scientific knowledge, namely: systems analysis, comparative-implementation method, statistical method, retrospective method. The article provides a systematic review of international concepts for the prevention of corruption offenses. It is noted that in the current globalization processes that take place in modern society, the need  to implement positive foreign experience in the system of current legislation of Ukraine is extremely important. A thorough analysis of a number of measures of the highly developed states aimed at preventing corruption offenses was also carried out. Positive experience of the states with the lowest level of corruption is positioned, indicating the ways to achieve such a result. The article analyses the anti-corruption strategies of such countries as Singapore, the Netherlands, Belgium, Israel, the United States of America, the Slovak Republic, Germany and Poland. Attention is drawn to the fact that in countries with low levels of corruption, repressive measures prevailing in anti-corruption models are combined with the comprehensive elimination of the determinants of corruption offenses. The article notes that the latest strategy to prevent corruption always requires the development of active cooperation between government agencies, law enforcement agencies and civil society in preventing and combating corruption offenses. At the same time, an important determinant of preventing corruption offenses is the growth of social consciousness. Emphasis is placed on the fact that corruption offenses are an extremely dangerous phenomenon, which, unfortunately, is common to all countries of the modern world. It is noted that a number of foreign countries have managed to create a modern and effective algorithm for preventing and combating corruption offenses. Taking into the consideration the European vector of our state, there is an urgent need to create and implement a new anti-corruption policy, taking into account the positive aspects of existing international experience.