The Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAK) is an institution of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior with the following duties and powers:
o Preventing and combating corruption
o Security police and criminal police cooperation with foreign and international anti-corruption institutions
Federal employees can report suspicious circumstances concerning the below mentioned criminal offences directly to the BAK without going through the official channels.
If there is a suspicion that one or more of the following offences has been committed
1. abuse of official authority (§ 302 of the Austrian Penal Code (StGB)),
2. corruptibility (§ 304 StGB),
3. acceptance of advantages (§ 305 StGB),
4. facilitation of corruptibility (§ 306 StGB),
5. bribery (§ 307 StGB),
6. offering an advantage (§ 307a StGB),
7. facilitation of bribery or of acceptance of advantages (§ 307b StGB),
8. illicit intervention (§ 308 StGB),
9. breach of trust due to abuse of an official function or due to involvement of an office holder (§§ 153 para. 2 case 2, 313 or in connection with § 74 para. 1 no. 4a StGB),
10. acceptance of gifts by rulers (§ 153a StGB),
11. agreements restricting competition in procurement procedures (§ 168b StGB) as well as serious fraud (§ 147 StGB) and commercial fraud (§ 148 StGB) on the basis of such agreement,
12. acceptance of gifts by employees or agents (§ 168c para. 2 StGB),
13. money laundering (§ 165 StGB), provided that the assets arise from the offences 1 to 9, 11 (second and third case) or 12; criminal associations or organizations (§§ 278 and 278a StGB), provided that they intend to commit the offences 1 to 9 or 11 (second and third case),
you can report it to the BAK by
- post
- fax
- email
- or telephone.
The Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption will treat all reported allegations confidentially.
Of course, the allegations can also be reported anonymously. However, we kindly ask you to provide at least one contact detail, because in many cases more detailed information is necessary to carry out the investigation.
In some cases, it may be indispensable, following the corresponding criminal law and security police provisions, to reveal the source of the allegation, even if it was reported anonymously.
Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria
Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption
Herrengasse 7
P.O. Box 100
1014 Vienna
Austria
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for Corruption and Abuse of Authority
SPOC telephone: +43-(0)1-53126-5708
Fax: +43-(0)1-53126-108583
Email: BMI-IV-BAK-SPOC@bak.gv.at
http://www.bak.gv.at/
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