Head of the EU Delegation to BiH and EU Special Representative in BiH, Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, said in Sarajevo that BiH recently made some progress in addressing a few of the outstanding GRECO recommendations, but that still a lot of work needs to be done. “Next to more ambitious efforts to build a legislative and […]

The National Anticorruption Centre (CNA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme launched today a national campaign to inform and raise public awareness of corruption prevention measures with the slogan “Integrity is freedom”. CNA deputy head Cristina Tarna said that the campaign aims to raise awareness of corruption prevention actions and to create a […]

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) has called for 10 years imprisonment sentence for Sebastian Ghita, in his first file, involving the former Mayor of Ploiesti, Iulian Badescu, a punishment close to the maximum limit. Sebastian Ghita is accused in this file of bribery and money laundering. This is the last hearing in the file, antena3.ro […]

Former PM Victor Ponta is being heard at the National Anti-corruption Directorate on Monday, as witness in a corruption case. Ponta had to wait on the stairs of the directorate in the morning, as there were several people queuing in front of him. “I was subpoenaed as witness in a file from 2014. I cannot […]

Newly appointed minister of Justice, Abelard Tahiri, has initiated amendment/supplement of the legislation related to confiscation of illegally obtained assets.   Tahiri announced that he already started work on amending/supplementing current Law on confiscation of illegally obtained assets, while attending a workshop in Pristina related to managing of illegally sequestered and confiscated assets. “I have already […]

About 70 percent of the citizens in Albania think that the courts are the most corrupt institutions in the country, a survey conducted by Albanian Institute of Democracy and Mediation (IDM) showed Thursday. The courts are followed by the institution of parliament (68 percent of citizens), prosecution (67 percent), customs (66 percent) and health institutions […]

A new survey published on Thursday by a regional network of NGOs, Pointpulse and the Belgrade Center for Security Policy, shows that well over half of all surveyed citizens in the Western Balkans – 58 per cent – trust their police forces despite viewing them as corrupt. “Although more than half of citizens have trust […]

Romania’s anticorruption prosecutors sent the former communications minister Valerian Vreme to court under judicial control for abuse of office in the Microsoft case, DNA announced yesterday. Vreme, who was communications minister from September 2010 until February 2012, awarded a contract to an association led by the local company D.Con-Net AG, without a public tender. The […]

The head of ANSA’s Phytosanitary Control Station from Leuseni, Vitalie Chilaru, detained for corruption, was placed in house arrest for a period of 20 days. The decision was taken on Thursday, September 7, by the magistrates of the Chişinău district court. According to the NAC, Chilaru has admitted his guilt and collaborates with the investigation. […]

The national anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the national anti-corruption Directorate of the Prosecutor’s office at the Supreme court of cassation of Romania (Direcţia Naţională Anticorupţie, DNA) will strengthen cooperation in the field of detection and investigation of corruption offences. This is stated in the press service of NABOO. As reported, a Memorandum on […]