As long as corruption is related to persons that head public administration and politicians who take the most important decisions, it may become yet a bigger social and economic threat. Significant impact of these people on corruption spreading has become the centre of attention of numerous international organisations which, since mid-2000, have been using a common term to denote them, namely 'politically exposed persons', or PEP. The article presents the scope of the definition of PEP and increased financial security measures used in relation to them in the Polish law, as well as the main aspects of corruption activities of such persons and ways of money laundering that they use.
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