Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), represented by Chairperson, Mr Davor Dubravica took an active part at 3rd edition of the public and business opinion survey – Balkan Barometer 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 October 2017. The Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) presented in Brussels the 2017 edition of the Balkan Barometer (BB), an annual survey of citizens and […]

The Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, introduced the new director of the National Food Authority, Agim Ismaili.  Rama declared that this institution must stop once and for all its corruptive practices, which, according to Rama, have created an unacceptable situation. “This is an institution that should not be forgotten, because it is directly related to […]

The government has taken as its priority the systematic fight against corruption at all levels of government and the adoption of anti-corruption legislation by the end of the year. The draft law on counteracting corruption and for taking away the illegally acquired property of the Council of Ministers was submitted for consideration by the National […]

Prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) sent Targu Mures mayor Dorin Florea to court for complicity to usurping the official function. Florea is accused of creating the premises for a former deputy mayor to be able to sign documents although a court order forbade him to do this kind of activity. DNA is now […]

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) organized a roundtable on Exchange of experiences between BiH Anti-Corruption institutions and regional counterparts on protection of whistle-blowers, on 4 October 2017  in Banja Luka. The roundtable is part of the support that the Mission and RAI Secretariat are providing to the Republika Srpska (RS) […]

Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection presents a new report: “Protecting Whistleblowers in Southeast Europe”,  which is an update of the 2015 report produced by the Regional Anti-corruption Initiative in cooperation with Blueprint. The new Review is published by the Coalition, Blueprint and the Romanian Academic Society, in a special partnership with RAI. The full report can be found here. 28 September […]

Romanian anti-graft prosecutors informed Deputy Prime Minister Sevil Shhaideh on Friday that she is a suspect in a corruption file. Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate, DNA, summoned Deputy Prime Minister Sevil Shhaideh for a hearing on Friday to inform her that she is a suspect in a graft case. Shhaideh, who also heads the Ministry of […]

The visit was organized within the Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities and Civil Society to Combat Corruption and Contribute to the UNCAC Review Process, RAI is currently implementing together with UNODC, supported by the Austrian Development Agency. Mr. Vladan Joksimovic, Head of RAI Secretariat and Ms. Iva Komsic, Programme Officer met […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat held a Workshop on Corruption Proofing of Legislation in Chisinau, Moldova on 22 September 2017. The Workshop was organized for and in cooperation with National Anticorruption Center (NAC) under the Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities and Civil Society to Combat Corruption and Contribute to the UNCAC Review […]

Syria’s honorary consul in Moldova, Ibrahim al-Ahmad, has the status of a suspect in the case that involves consul of the Republic of Moldova in Istanbul. The Syrian official is suspected of exercising influence on several persons, who allegedly offered bribes to have their documents prepared at the Moldovan Consulate in Istanbul. Asked by CrimeMoldova, […]