This review aims at giving an objective view of judicial anticorruption performance and looking behind the official, quite impenetrable statistics. This is the second review done by MANS, since the Tripartite Commission, composed of members of the courts, the prosecution and the police, publishes mere numbers. We reviewed over 400 final first and second instance judgments posted by courts on their websites or obtained by invoking the Free Access to Information Law. The judgments were reviewed based on the official classification of corruption offences including:<\/p>\n
\u22c5 Money Laundering, Criminal Code (CC) Art 268;
\n\u22c5 Breach of Equality in Business Operations, CC Art 269;
\n\u22c5 Causing Bankruptcy, CC Art 273;
\n\u22c5 Bankruptcy Fraud, CC Art 274;
\n\u22c5 Misuse of Authorities in Business Operations, CC Art 276;
\n\u22c5 Fraudulent Balance Sheet, CC Art 278;
\n\u22c5 Misuse of Assessment, CC Art 279;
\n\u22c5 Revealing a Business Secret, CC Art 280;
\n\u22c5 Revealing and Using Stock Exchange Secrets, CC Art 281;
\n\u22c5 Misuse of Office, CC Art 416;
\n\u22c5 Malpractice in Office, CC Art 417;
\n\u22c5 Trading in Influence, CC Art 422;
\n\u22c5 Passive Bribery, CC Art 423;
\n\u22c5 Active Bribery, CC Art 424;
\n\u22c5 Disclosure of Official Secret, CC Art 425;
\n\u22c5 Abuse of Monopoly Position, CC Art 270;
\n\u22c5 Misuse of Position in Business Activity, CC Art 272;
\n\u22c5 Fraud in the Conduct of Official Duty, CC Art 419.<\/p>\n
Part One looks into the statistics, and Part Two deals with the selective approach to criminal prosecution, while Part Three reviews the length of proceedings and the consequences of inefficiency on the part of judges and prosecutors. Part Four refers to dropping of charges, and Part Five focuses on acquittals. Penal policy is under review in a separate chapter, as well as covert surveillance measures supposed to be used to procure evidence of corruption. The next chapter deals with the impact of conviction as regards the confiscation of proceeds of corruption. A separate chapter deals with the liability of judges and prosecutors, and another with pardoning of persons convicted for corruption. The last chapter deals with access to court judgments.<\/p>\n