Corruption prevention measures as an investment protection mechanism

Farid ROUABAH

Department of Law - Faculty of Law and Political Sciences - Mohamed Lamine Debaghine Sétif 2 University

Abstract

ـ Economic globalization and the huge developments in the financial and business sectors, and the huge capital in the world have led to a dangerous increase in financial and economic deviations, which necessitated the existence of a punitive regime for economic crimes. The criminal law during its development was able to penetrate into all branches of the law, and the largest area of ​​occupation of these branches is the area of ​​economic law, where business criminal law comes as an important branch of economic law to play a fundamental role in serving the general goal of economic law, which is to devote criminal protection to the system Economic year and economic policies. - It is not possible to achieve economic development without investment or greater investment without an attractive and encouraging climate, and therefore the countries of the world are racing to attract the largest possible amount of foreign direct investment, especially developing countries to achieve economic development and raise the rate of economic growth, all of which seek to address all obstacles to investment, which are among the most dangerous Corruption. Corruption is one of the criminal activities that people use their positions and powers to obtain illegal gains, and it represents in most countries a real obstacle for companies and economic institutions active or intending to invest and invest, due to the dangers posed by widespread corruption in the public and private sector. In recent years, research in the field of attracting and attracting foreign investments, especially in developing countries, tends to consider national policies working to encourage the framing and codification of the presence of foreign investment, which remains deficient due to the distorting investment environment with many obstacles, most notably economic and administrative corruption. Which necessitates the necessity of setting a clear, comprehensive and integrated strategy to mitigate and prevent the effects of this dangerous phenomenon. This study deals with measures to prevent corruption crimes in line with the development of corruption techniques and methods, through the following problematic. What is the effective strategy in preventing corruption crimes, and what is its role in alleviating investment barriers and providing its appropriate environment the plan The first topic: Definition of corruption and its impact on foreign direct investment The first requirement: definition of corruption (the concept and types of corruption crimes) The second requirement: the impact of corruption on foreign direct investment (positive impact theory and negative impact theory) The second topic: measures to prevent corruption crimes The first requirement: the role of official institutions in the fight against corruption (financial supervisory bodies, prevention and repression agencies) The second requirement: the role of informal institutions in protecting investment from corruption (civil society, the media)

Keywords

“Investment”, “Financial Control”, “National Anti-Corruption Authority”, “Central Bureau for the Suppression of Corruption”,