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This database of illicit enrichment legislation and other relevant legislation accompanies the book Illicit Enrichment by Andrew Dornbierer, published by the Basel Institute on Governance in March 2021 and available as a printed book and e-book and on this website. It contains details of illicit enrichment laws and other relevant legislation from countries around the world, where data on these are available.

Download a PDF copy of the laws here. Please note that the PDF was last updated on 31 March 2021. If you would like to suggest corrections or additions, please contact andrew.dornbierer@baselgovernance.org.

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Congo (Republic of)


Unofficial Translation (Courtesy of DeepL) Subsection 8: Illicit enrichment Article 20: Any public official, person entrusted with a public service mandate, person invested with an elective public mandate, any manager, agent or employee of a public enterprise or any other person who cannot reasonably justify the substantial increase of his assets in comparison with his legitimate income shall be found guilty of the crime of illicit enrichment and punished by imprisonment for a period of five to ten years at most without the possibility of benefiting from the proceeds of the work carried out.
Sous-section 8: De l’enrichissement illicite

Article 20:

Sera reconnu coupable du crime d’enrichissement illicite et puni de la réclusion pour une durée allant de cinq ans à dix ans au plus sans possibilité de bénéficier du produit des travaux effectués, tout agent public, personne chargée d’une mission de service public, personne investie d’un mandat public électif, tout dirigeant, mandataire ou salarié d’entreprise publique ou toute autre personne qui ne peut raisonnablement justifier l’augmentation substantielle de son patrimoine par rapport à ses revenus légitimes.


Type: Criminal Illicit Enrichment Laws

Last update on LEARN: 3 Mar 2022