1976年《新刑法》第12.53条将公职和政治认可中的交易定为刑事犯罪。该法使用了“具有经济价值之物”一词，因而比《联合国反腐败公约》第十八条规定的“不正当好处”的概念更为狭隘。2008年《利比里亚反腐败委员会法》第二部分将权力叫卖和幕后交易视为腐败行为，可依据利比里亚各项法律予以惩处。
Section 12.53 of the 1976 New Penal Law criminalizes trading in public office and political endorsement. The term “thing of pecuniary value” is used and is therefore narrower than the notion of undue advantage as prescribed in article 18 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Part II of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) Act of 2008 recognizes influence peddling and insider trading as acts of corruption which are punishable under the Laws of Liberia.