Digital Anti-Corruption Tools and Their Implementation in Various Legal Systems Around the World

Abstract

Just as there is no ideal society, there is no society without corruption. Fighting corruption is one way to achieve the UN-approved goals of sustainable development. The article summarizes the process of formation and implementation of international anti-corruption standards and their features in different national legal systems. It is determined that the adoption and recognition of standards does not in itself solve the problem, which is why the world is constantly looking for ways to combat corruption, testing new tools and mechanisms to influence corruption risks. This is confirmed by numerous projects funded by international donor organizations. Information technologies create endless opportunities not only for economics development (robotics, blockchain technology, neural networks, artificial intelligence, quantum virtual and augmented reality), but also for the fight against corruption: from e-government and courts, digital public services and tools that report about the facts of corruption, to the means of influencing society through social networks. The article analyzes scientific and professional research in the field of digitalization of anti-corruption activities and substantiates the relationship of these concepts from the standpoint of the impact of IT technologies on combating and preventing corruption. The article summarizes modern technological advances and their implementation in various national legal systems, defines the role of information technology in the fight against corruption and forms an understanding of information technology as a tool to control and combat corruption.

Public Participation in Anti-Corruption Efforts

“…A. Halai et al (2021) emphasise that the institution of public scrutiny plays a significant role in the development of democracy and people's power in individual nation-states. It is worth agreeing with this statement, as public control not only guarantees the observance of constitutional principles of people's power and public participation in public administration, but also ensures the observance of legality in the work of state and local self-government bodies and their officials and realises the inevitable prosecution of those whose activities are illegal, including criminal ones.…”

The Impact of Digital Technologies on Ensuring Transparency and Minimising Corruption Risks among Public Authorities

“…Information technologies create enormous opportunities not only for the development of the economy but also for the fight against corruption: from egovernment and courts, digital public services and tools that report the facts of corruption, to the means of influencing society through social networks (Halai et al, 2021).…”

The Role of Blockchain Technologies in Combating Corruption within the Virtual Assets Realm

“…The hypothesis (Baudier et al, 2023) indicates that blockchain offers opportunities to increase government operations transparency and mitigate corruption through records immutability and responsibility decentralisation. The paper (Halai et al, 2021) focuses on successful examples of implementing blockchain technologies in EU countries' state institutions, where digital property registers and e-procurement systems have already shown their effectiveness in preventing corruption schemes. Further, Bezpalov and Remeslennikov (2019) highlight the critical aspects and potential risks associated with the rapid development of blockchain technologies and the need to improve the legal framework that would allow the full use of the potential of blockchain in the fight against corruption.…”