nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/28426b7919e922f7 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250605s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/28426b7919e922f7 doi eng 342 23 Hoppe, Tilman Author aut It’s Not a Trap - How the ECtHR Rescued Undercover Integrity Testing Hoppe, Tilman Verfassungsblog 2025-06-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Despite most countries having trouble getting rid of bribery in daily life, only few so far have dared integrity testing: sending out undercover testers disguised as ordinary citizens to contact the public administration and check which public employees ask for bribes. The main argument against such undercover tests has been that they constitute “entrapment”. However, in Cavca, the ECtHR finally dispels the myth that these tests in and of themselves equal entrapment. Yet, the decision leaves one key question unaddressed: Just when does integrity testing become entrapment? CC BY-SA 4.0 Corruption European Convention of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights Korruption Moldau (Fürstentum) Moldova anti-corruption (DE-588)4032524-6 gnd Korruption (DE-588)4039965-5 gnd Moldau (Fürstentum) Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/undercover-integrity-testing-cavca/ raw object