Τα εγκλήματα διαφθοράς, αφορούν κυρίως την ακεραιότητα άσκησης της δημόσιας εξουσίας. Αποτελούν κοινωνικό φαινόμενο με ρίζες που ξεκινούν ακόμη και από αρχαϊκές δομές εξουσίας. Στην σημερινή εποχή εξελίσσονται σαν ποινικό φαινόμενο ραγδαία και αφορούν, όσο εξαπλώνεται η παγκοσμιοποίηση της οικονομίας και οι διακρατικές σχέσεις μεγάλων ιδιωτικών φορέων – επιχειρήσεων, σημαντικό αριθμό οικονομικών φορέων συναλλασσομένων σε εθνικό και υπερεθνικό επίπεδο. Αποτελούν ταυτόχρονα μέσο υλοποίησης ακόμη και του οικονομικού, αλλά και του οργανωμένου εγκλήματος. Είναι εγκλήματα, που ξεπερνούν το εθνικό επίπεδο και με την βοήθεια της εξέλιξης της τεχνολογίας εξαπλώνονται σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο. Λόγω της φύσης και του σκοπού των αναγκαστικά συμπλέκονται με τις νόμιμες επιχειρήσεις, την πραγματική οικονομία, αλλά και την πολιτική εξουσία.
Η αντιμετώπιση αυτού του φαινομένου αποτελεί τα τελευταία χρόνια σκοπό, όχι μόνον των εθνικών κυβερνήσεων, αλλά λόγω της παγκοσμιοποίησης του φαινομένου και των διεθνών οργανισμών, που διατυπώνουν σχετικές διατάξεις ποινικού δικαίου και προτείνουν μέτρα πρόληψης του .
Κεντρικό αντικείμενο της εργασίας είναι αφενός μεν η παρουσίαση των διατάξεων της ποινικής νομοθεσίας, όπως αυτές αποτυπώνονται στο ισχύον εκάστοτε κείμενο κώδικα ποινικού δικαίου , από τότε που ο τελευταίος χρονολογικά νομοθετήθηκε στην Ελλάδα και μετεξελίχθηκε μέχρι σήμερα και αφετέρου το πώς τα φαινόμενα της διαφθοράς αντιμετωπίστηκαν τα ανάλογα χρονικά διαστήματα, από τα ελληνικά δικαστήρια με την διαμόρφωση σχετικής νομολογίας.
Αναλυτικότερα: η εργασία αποτελείται από οκτώ κεφάλαια.
Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο αναφερόμαστε συνοπτικά στην διαχρονική πορεία από το 1950 έως σήμερα του ΠΚ στην Ελλάδα και σε μια γενική αναφορά των διατάξεων, που αναφέρονται στα εγκλήματα διαφθοράς και στο πώς αυτά διαχρονικά εξελίχθησαν σε εθνικό και διεθνές επίπεδο.
Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο, προσδιορίζουμε την έννοια της διαφθοράς ,τις διακρίσεις και κατηγοριοποιήσεις της σε γενικό επίπεδο των εγκλημάτων της, τόσο στον δημόσιο ,όσον και στον ιδιωτικό τομέα, αλλά και σε διεθνές επίπεδο .
Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο προσδιορίζουμε τη σύνδεση εγκλημάτων διαφθοράς με άλλες εγκληματικές πράξεις του ΠΚ.
Στο τέταρτο κεφάλαιο τονίζουμε την σχέση των εγκλημάτων διαφθοράς με το οργανωμένο έγκλημα και την εγκληματική οργάνωση.
Στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο καταγράφουμε τις διεθνείς συμβάσεις, στις οποίες συμμετέχει η Ελλάδα ,που αναφέρονται στα εγκλήματα διαφθοράς, και την επιρροή τους στην εξέλιξη του περιεχομένου των εγκλημάτων διαφθοράς του Ελληνικού ΠΚ .
Στο έκτο κεφάλαιο, που με το επόμενο αποτελούν το κύριο αντικείμενο της εργασίας γίνεται αναλυτική παρουσίαση των βασικών εγκλημάτων διαφθοράς στον δημόσιο και ιδιωτικό τομέα, μέσα από την διαχρονική εξέλιξη των διατάξεων του ΠΚ, με ταυτόχρονη αναφορά στο προστατευόμενο έννομο αγαθό και παράλληλη αξιολόγηση και παρατηρήσεις της νομοθετικής εξέλιξης.
Στο έβδομο κεφάλαιο, ασχολούμεθα επισταμένως και λεπτομερώς με το επίσης κυρίως θέμα της παρούσης εργασίας, δηλαδή με την εξέλιξη της νομολογίας για τη διαφθορά στην Ελλάδα κατά την τελευταία τριακονταετία και κυρίως κατά την τελευταία δεκαετία.
Τέλος, στο όγδοο κεφάλαιο, καταγράφουμε συμπεράσματα από την παραταθείσα ανάλυση της εγκληματικής έννοιας της διαφθοράς αλλά και προτάσεις για καλύτερη αντιμετώπιση της διαφθοράς.

Corruption crimes mainly concern the integrity on exercizing public authority. These are a social phenomenon with roots that go back even to archaic power structures. In today's era, they are developing rapidly as a criminal phenomenon and they concern a significant number of economic entities dealing at national and supranational level, especially as the globalization of the economy and the transnational relations of large private entities - businesses spread.

They are at the same time a means of implementing economic and organized crime as well. They are crimes that go beyond the national level and with the help of technology development they are spreading on a global level. Due to their nature and purpose they are necessarily intertwined with legal businesses, the real economy as well as political power.
Dealing with this phenomenon has been the goal in recent years, not only of national governments but -due to the global spread of this phenomenon, of international organizations that formulate relevant provisions of Penal Law and propose measures to prevent it.

The central subject of the paper is, on the one hand, the presentation of the provisions of the criminal legislation, as they are reflected in the current text of the Penal code, since it was first  legislated in Greece and evolved until today, And on the other hand, how the phenomena of corruption have been dealt with, by the Greek courts with the formation of relevant jurisprudence.

In more detail the work consists of eight chapters.

In the first chapter, we briefly refer to the historical course from 1950 to today of the Penal Code in Greece and to a general reference of the provisions that refer to corruption crimes and how they have evolved over time at the national and international level.

In the second chapter, we define the concept of corruption, its different levles and general categories of its crimes involved, both in the public and private sectors, but also at the international level.

In the third chapter we determine the connection of corruption crimes with other criminal acts of the Penal Code.

In the fourth chapter we highlight the relationship between corruption crimes and organized crime as well as criminal organization.

In the fifth chapter we record the international conventions, Greece has ratified , that refer to corruption crimes, and their influence on the evolution of the content of corruption crimes of the Greek Penal Code.

In the sixth chapter, which together with the next ones constitute the main subject of the paper, an analytical presentation of the main corruption crimes in the public and private sector is made, through the temporal evolution of the provisions of the Criminal Code, with simultaneous reference to the protected legal good and parallel evaluation and observations of legislative development.

In the seventh chapter, we deal carefully and in detail with the also main subject of this dissertation , i.e., with the evolution of the jurisprudence on corruption in Greece during the last thirty years and especially during the last decade.

Finally, in the eighth chapter, we draw conclusions from the prolonged analysis of the criminal concept of corruption, and propose measures for a better treatment of corruption.

Corruption crimes mainly concern the integrity on exercizing public authority. These are a social phenomenon with roots that go back even to archaic power structures. In today's era, they are developing rapidly as a criminal phenomenon and they concern a significant number of economic entities dealing at national and supranational level, especially as the globalization of the economy and the transnational relations of large private entities - businesses spread.

They are at the same time a means of implementing economic and organized crime as well. They are crimes that go beyond the national level and with the help of technology development they are spreading on a global level. Due to their nature and purpose they are necessarily intertwined with legal businesses, the real economy as well as political power.
Dealing with this phenomenon has been the goal in recent years, not only of national governments but -due to the global spread of this phenomenon, of international organizations that formulate relevant provisions of Penal Law and propose measures to prevent it.

The central subject of the paper is, on the one hand, the presentation of the provisions of the criminal legislation, as they are reflected in the current text of the Penal code, since it was first  legislated in Greece and evolved until today, And on the other hand, how the phenomena of corruption have been dealt with, by the Greek courts with the formation of relevant jurisprudence.

In more detail the work consists of eight chapters.

In the first chapter, we briefly refer to the historical course from 1950 to today of the Penal Code in Greece and to a general reference of the provisions that refer to corruption crimes and how they have evolved over time at the national and international level.

In the second chapter, we define the concept of corruption, its different levles and general categories of its crimes involved, both in the public and private sectors, but also at the international level.

In the third chapter we determine the connection of corruption crimes with other criminal acts of the Penal Code.

In the fourth chapter we highlight the relationship between corruption crimes and organized crime as well as criminal organization.

In the fifth chapter we record the international conventions, Greece has ratified , that refer to corruption crimes, and their influence on the evolution of the content of corruption crimes of the Greek Penal Code.

In the sixth chapter, which together with the next ones constitute the main subject of the paper, an analytical presentation of the main corruption crimes in the public and private sector is made, through the temporal evolution of the provisions of the Criminal Code, with simultaneous reference to the protected legal good and parallel evaluation and observations of legislative development.

In the seventh chapter, we deal carefully and in detail with the also main subject of this dissertation , i.e., with the evolution of the jurisprudence on corruption in Greece during the last thirty years and especially during the last decade.

Finally, in the eighth chapter, we draw conclusions from the prolonged analysis of the criminal concept of corruption, and propose measures for a better treatment of corruption.

Corruption crimes mainly concern the integrity on exercizing public authority. These are a social phenomenon with roots that go back even to archaic power structures. In today's era, they are developing rapidly as a criminal phenomenon and they concern a significant number of economic entities dealing at national and supranational level, especially as the globalization of the economy and the transnational relations of large private entities - businesses spread.

They are at the same time a means of implementing economic and organized crime as well. They are crimes that go beyond the national level and with the help of technology development they are spreading on a global level. Due to their nature and purpose they are necessarily intertwined with legal businesses, the real economy as well as political power.
Dealing with this phenomenon has been the goal in recent years, not only of national governments but -due to the global spread of this phenomenon, of international organizations that formulate relevant provisions of Penal Law and propose measures to prevent it.

The central subject of the paper is, on the one hand, the presentation of the provisions of the criminal legislation, as they are reflected in the current text of the Penal code, since it was first  legislated in Greece and evolved until today, And on the other hand, how the phenomena of corruption have been dealt with, by the Greek courts with the formation of relevant jurisprudence.

In more detail the work consists of eight chapters.

In the first chapter, we briefly refer to the historical course from 1950 to today of the Penal Code in Greece and to a general reference of the provisions that refer to corruption crimes and how they have evolved over time at the national and international level.

In the second chapter, we define the concept of corruption, its different levles and general categories of its crimes involved, both in the public and private sectors, but also at the international level.

In the third chapter we determine the connection of corruption crimes with other criminal acts of the Penal Code.

In the fourth chapter we highlight the relationship between corruption crimes and organized crime as well as criminal organization.

In the fifth chapter we record the international conventions, Greece has ratified , that refer to corruption crimes, and their influence on the evolution of the content of corruption crimes of the Greek Penal Code.

In the sixth chapter, which together with the next ones constitute the main subject of the paper, an analytical presentation of the main corruption crimes in the public and private sector is made, through the temporal evolution of the provisions of the Criminal Code, with simultaneous reference to the protected legal good and parallel evaluation and observations of legislative development.

In the seventh chapter, we deal carefully and in detail with the also main subject of this dissertation , i.e., with the evolution of the jurisprudence on corruption in Greece during the last thirty years and especially during the last decade.

Finally, in the eighth chapter, we draw conclusions from the prolonged analysis of the criminal concept of corruption, and propose measures for a better treatment of corruption.

Corruption crimes mainly concern the integrity on exercizing public authority. These are a social phenomenon with roots that go back even to archaic power structures. In today's era, they are developing rapidly as a criminal phenomenon and they concern a significant number of economic entities dealing at national and supranational level, especially as the globalization of the economy and the transnational relations of large private entities - businesses spread.

They are at the same time a means of implementing economic and organized crime as well. They are crimes that go beyond the national level and with the help of technology development they are spreading on a global level. Due to their nature and purpose they are necessarily intertwined with legal businesses, the real economy as well as political power.
Dealing with this phenomenon has been the goal in recent years, not only of national governments but -due to the global spread of this phenomenon, of international organizations that formulate relevant provisions of Penal Law and propose measures to prevent it.

The central subject of the paper is, on the one hand, the presentation of the provisions of the criminal legislation, as they are reflected in the current text of the Penal code, since it was first  legislated in Greece and evolved until today, And on the other hand, how the phenomena of corruption have been dealt with, by the Greek courts with the formation of relevant jurisprudence.

In more detail the work consists of eight chapters.

In the first chapter, we briefly refer to the historical course from 1950 to today of the Penal Code in Greece and to a general reference of the provisions that refer to corruption crimes and how they have evolved over time at the national and international level.

In the second chapter, we define the concept of corruption, its different levles and general categories of its crimes involved, both in the public and private sectors, but also at the international level.

In the third chapter we determine the connection of corruption crimes with other criminal acts of the Penal Code.

In the fourth chapter we highlight the relationship between corruption crimes and organized crime as well as criminal organization.

In the fifth chapter we record the international conventions, Greece has ratified , that refer to corruption crimes, and their influence on the evolution of the content of corruption crimes of the Greek Penal Code.

In the sixth chapter, which together with the next ones constitute the main subject of the paper, an analytical presentation of the main corruption crimes in the public and private sector is made, through the temporal evolution of the provisions of the Criminal Code, with simultaneous reference to the protected legal good and parallel evaluation and observations of legislative development.

In the seventh chapter, we deal carefully and in detail with the also main subject of this dissertation , i.e., with the evolution of the jurisprudence on corruption in Greece during the last thirty years and especially during the last decade.

Finally, in the eighth chapter, we draw conclusions from the prolonged analysis of the criminal concept of corruption, and propose measures for a better treatment of corruption.