
Illegal Financing of Political Parties
What is this? | Financial support for political parties by individuals or companies who in turn get beneficial political decisions (e.g., law amendments to facilitate the supporters’ business). Circumventing the requirement to identify the specific individual behind the donor. Financing schemes that use NGOs that are under a party’s administration, etc. |
Examples | |
Here is and example: | A party has secret bank accounts, including abroad, and the former party leader personally gets 2 million marks in donations that are not recorded in the financial accounts. The party leader resigns. |
Punishment | |
Punishment: |
Penal Code §402-1 |