anticorruption regulations in Belarus are often applied in case of bribery and authority misuse charges are brought against the Officials. Among the general trends in anticorruption cases the following are the example  of the most prevalent:

• broad interpretation of  terms “Officials” and “Public Official” that are subject to anticorruption regulation. A large number of employees who merely contact legal entities and individuals  regarded as Public Officials, and employees occasionally (on the basis of a specific, once-only authorisation) fulfilling organisational and regulatory or administrative and economic functions are regarded as the Officials.  
• Criminal liability for bribery and other corrupt practices can be applied irrespective of the size of the illegally acquired valuables. Sometimes minor bribes may result in imprisonment and property confiscation. 
• anticorruption regulation is widely used by the law-enforcement authorities as a tool of influencing and effectively controlling the private sector.