The Croatian government has recently begun the preparatory work to draft a law on the protection of whistleblowers. According to the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2015-2020, the law should be approved between September and December 2018. Although a working group has already been set up, we have been unable […]

The intertwining of power and corruption is a major problem for the Bulgarian society, results of the latest poll by Bulgarian survey agency Gallup International revealed on 28th of November as quoted by Focus Information Agency. Bulgarians widely accept the allegations of corruption of the political elite, the survey results show. 61% of the respondents […]

As it awaits a resolution of its status and of ability to press fresh charges, Macedonia’s Special Prosecution, SJO, says it will not abandon the task of probing some 100 possible cases of high-level crime. Macedonia’s Special Prosecution Katica Janeva Although the deadline for the SJO to press charges expired in June, chief prosecutor Katica […]

The chief judge at an EU organization tasked with improving the rule of law in Kosovo* quit and accused other senior members of the mission of corruption and malpractice, Le Monde reported Thursday. Malcolm Simmons, a British national, said he had denounced “several cases of corruption at the heart of the mission” in recent weeks. […]

Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors opened a new criminal investigation into the chairman of the ruling party on suspicion that he misused European Union funds. The prosecutors’ office said in a statement that Liviu Dragnea is suspected of official misconduct for setting up an organized crime group and forging documents to illicitly obtain EU funds. Eight others […]

The 17th Annual Professional Conference and  session of the General Assembly is held in Lisbon, Portugal from 15 to 17 November 2017, kindly hosted by the Portuguese Inspectorate General of Home Affairs  (IGAI). Head of RAI Secretariat present the work of Regional Anti-corruption Initiative with particular focus on International Instrument on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Team of Government of Federation BiH, organized a training for focal points and coordinators of integrity plans in institutions of Federation BiH. The training takes place today in Sarajevo, on 15 November 2017. Due to number of participants, the same one-day training took place yesterday also […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Team of Government of Federation BiH, organized a training for focal points and coordinators of integrity plans in institutions of Federation BiH. The training takes place today in Sarajevo, on 14 November 2017. The main objective of the training is that the institutions of Federation BiH get acquainted to […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Team of Government of Federation BiH, organized a training for focal points and coordinators of integrity plans in institutions of Federation BiH. The training took place in Mostar, on 13 November 2017. The main objective of the training is that the institutions of Federation BiH get acquainted to the […]

An Appeals Court judge has been arrested by Tirana police on Thursday evening on corruption and bribery charges following a year-long investigation by the Prosecution Office for Serious Crimes. Police said that officers from the Investigation and Corruption Sector at the Directorate for Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes at the Albanian State Police, in […]