Austria has a well-developed institutional and legal system, and most corruption cases under investigation by a parliamentary committee end with judicial trials and effective judgments.
[4] In most cases, corrupt practices were related to conflicts of interest, abuse of office, money laundering and influence peddling.
According to Investment Climate Report 2013 by the US Department of State 2013, corruption is not considered as a serious problem impeding business in Austria.
[1] A study over the years 2013 to 2019 found that Austria had the highest rate of corruption in healthcare of all EU countries, with one in nine Austrian patients being asked to pay bribes.
[6][7] The following corruption complexes caused a great public and media stir in Austria's recent history, mainly due to the involvement of political functionaries: