T Trading in influence constitutes a form of corruption that has become increasingly prevalent, particularly in the interactions between public officials and private actors seeking to gain advantages through informal channels of power. although indonesia has ratified the united nations convention against corruption (uncac) through law number 7 of 2006, this offense has yet to be explicitly regulated within the indonesian national legal framework, thereby resulting in a normative gap. this study aims to examine the actions of the defendant in court decision number 68/pid.sus-tpk/2022/pn.jkt.pst., assessing whether such conduct is more appropriately classified as an act of bribery or trading in influence, while also analyzing the conceptual and legal distinctions between the two under the anti-corruption law (uu tipikor) and the uncac. employing a normative juridical approach and qualitative analysis techniques, data in this research were obtained through literature review and interviews with criminal law experts. the findings reveal that the defendant’s act of providing a sum of money to officials at the ministry of home affairs with the aim of influencing decisions related to regional loan approvals is more appropriately categorized as trading in influence pursuant to article 18 of the uncac. however, due to the absence of specific legal provisions governing this offense in indonesian law, the panel of judges classified the act as bribery. this study concludes that there is a pressing need for legal reform to explicitly incorporate the offense of trading in influence into the anti-corruption law, in order to ensure legal certainty and to enhance the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of corruption eradication efforts in indonesia.