The main focus of this paper are the criminal acts of giving and receiving bribery and their various forms. The mentioned criminal acts are in fact of a corrupt nature, so this paper deals with some other corrupt criminal acts beside bribery. At the very beginning, the corruption is defined from different sources and its historical was presented as well. Before moving on to the main topic of criminal acts of receiving and giving bribes, the focus was also given to the concept of bribery and bribery in general, to make it easier to understand the criminal law aspects of these criminal acts. The paper then follows the attempt to combat corruption in the Republic of Croatia and the ways in which the international community fights corruption. The very end of the paper offers interesting numerical data of corruption in individual countries with an emphasis on the Republic of Croatia, and all that with examples that represent a possible explanation for the unsuccessfull fight against corruption in Croatia. For the purpose of preparing this paper the following literature were used: numerous books, laws, professional articles and various other sources from the websites. The paper is divided into five main titles (chapters) and within individual titles there are smaller chapters, all for easier processing of thematic units of this paper. The main goal of this paper, in addition to analyzing corruption and bribery, is to try to encourage the reader to think critically and provoke any reaction relating to corruption and bribery.