Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on July 20 that it has concluded its investigation into the collapse of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) in 2014 and has filed a lawsuit in the specialised court that deals with high-profile corruption cases.   CCB, the county’s fourth-largest lender by assets at the time, asked to be put under […]

Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat held a Workshop on Corruption Proofing of Legislation in Podgorica, Montenegro on 20-21 July 2017. The Workshop has been organized for the representatives of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption in Montenegro under the Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities and Civil Society to Combat Corruption and Contribute […]

Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with Agency for Prevention of Corruption in Montenegro held a Workshop on Corruption Risk Assessment today with the Corruption Risk Assessment Team of Montenegro. The main objective of the Workshop is the review the 1st Montenegrin monitoring report on Integrity Plans developed and published by the Agency in Montenegro. […]

Former chair of the Criuleni District, Vitalie Rotaru, will face the court on charges of passive corruption. He had allegedly received about 1,1 million lei from several economic agents, involved in the implementation of European investment projects. The Deputy Chairman of the Criuleni District, as well as an EU-funded project manager will appear in the […]

Former Deputy Interior Minister, Veaceslav Ceban, and his wedding godson, customs officer, Stanislav Caraman, will be tried for influence peddling. The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office completed the criminal investigation and sent the case to court. According to the prosecutors, in May this year, Ceban’s wedding godson claimed 20,000 euros from the wife of a man, accused […]

Former Minister of Environmental Protection, Oliver Dulic, has been found guilty by the Special Court in Belgrade, on charges of abuse of office. Dulic stood accused of abusing his official position when issuing licenses to the Nuba Invest company.     He has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison. The verdict is […]

The Anti-Corruption Unit of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has charged MP Manol Genov with vote-buying, the press office of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria announced. Manol Genov is accused of offering BGN 25 per vote to individuals living in Asenovgrad to encourage them to vote in his favour and in favour of […]

Joint declaration against corruption Today’s Anticorruption workshop, with the participation of the Italian and the Western Balkans Anticorruption Authorities, reconfirmed the joint willingness of Italy and the Western Balkans to step up the efforts to prevent and tackle the plague of corruption and to improve the overall rule of law and business environment. Workshop Participants […]

TRIESTE WESTERN BALKANS SUMMIT Declaration by the Italian Chair In the framework of the Western Balkans Process, Italy welcomed in Trieste on 12th July 2017 the Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and the Ministers of Economy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as Austria, Croatia, […]

The National Anti-corruption Directorate was notified ex-officio in a new criminal file for corruption deeds regarding aspects contained in the journalistic investigation released by Rise Project.       The National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) announced four days ago that some aspects signaled in the mass media related to Liviu Dragnea and his affairs in Teleorman […]