《防治腐败法》第8(a)条将“为施加影响力而行贿”定为刑事犯罪，该行为基本上对应于影响力交易（《公约》第十八条）。新《刑法典》第510(a)(3)(A)条和第510(b)(2)(A)条还涵盖了对职权的影响，尽管中间人只能是公职人员。
Section 8(a) PPCA criminalizes “bribing to exert influence”, which largely corresponds to trading in influence (art. 18 of the Convention) but does not include third-party beneficiaries. Section 510(a)(3)(A) and (b)(2)(A) of the new PC also cover the influencing of official authority, although the intermediary can only be a public official.