Adoption of a new, democratic Constitution in 1992and the transition to a market-based, privately ownedsocio-economic system have brought many benefits toMongolia, but at the same time, one of the many emergedproblems was corruption, which appeared in almost everysector of society.Recognizing that corruption is a major obstacle to thecountry’s socio-economic development, the MongolianParliament adopted the first Anti-Corruption Law in 1996and the first National Anti-Corruption Strategy in 2002. In2005, Mongolia also ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corruption and expressed its commitment tofighting corruption around the world.Anti-Corruption Law was revised by the Parliament in July2006, and the Independent Authority Against Corruption, the first special anti-corruption bodyin Mongolia, was established on 11 January 2007.