The Higher Court in Belgrade brought on Oct. 14 a decision which confirms the house arrest of whistleblower Aleksandar Obradovic, an IT expert at the Valjevo-based Krusik factory. He is suspected of leaking information to the press on weapons exports linked to the father of Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic. The Belgrade Court of Appeals earlier struck […]

On 16 October 2019 – RAI Secretariat and CEI Executive Secretariat met in the premises of CEI today to reaffirm common goals and objectives and discuss joint cooperation in the future.    CEI and RAI share a joint commitment to strengthening the rule of law, fundamental rights and good governance in the region and towards […]

The Second Round of 3-days Regional Training on Mutual Legal Assistance and Asset Recovery, organized by the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE) Centre and Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat has started today. The training has been opened by Ms. Fjoralba Caka – deputy Minister of Justice of Albania. Prosecutors and experts from Ministries of […]

CHISINAU (Moldova), October 4 (SeeNews) – The Moldovan Agency for the Recovery of Criminal Assets (ARBI) and the anti-graft prosecutor’s office seized some 670 million lei ($38 million/35 million euro) worth of assets belonging to flag air carrier Air Moldova in a money laundering case. The seized assets include two aircraft, various buildings and several […]

On 3rd and 4th  October 2019 Ms. Vladan Joksimovic – Head of RAI Secretariat and Ms. Desislava Gotskova- Project Manager of Regional Anti-Corruption Project, together with Mr. Aleksa Ivanovic – the project national coordinator for Montenegro, visited the Centre for Training in Judiciary and State Prosecution to present and deliver the Handbook on Effective Asset […]

Today, 26 September 2019 RAI is participating in the Third Plenary Session of the National Convention of the European Union in North Macedonia organized by the NCEU Project. The Event was opened by the President of North Macedonia Mr. Stevo Pendarovski. Head of RAI Secretariat Mr. Vladan Joksimovic will be sharing the experiences of Regional […]

In a report published today, the Council of Europe anti money laundering body MONEYVAL calls on the Moldovan authorities to fully and consistently use its legislative framework to combat money laundering and to increase the effectiveness of confiscation of proceeds, in particular regarding extended confiscation (see the summary of the report). The report makes a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness […]

The IT tool has the aim to support the Agency’s staff for more effective proofing of corruption and represents the final stage of the Regional Programme towards the implementation of the respective preventive measure within the Programme beneficiary countries. Developed under the Programme titled “Southeast Europe Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities […]

RAI Secretariat participated in the International Workshop on Exchanging Best Practices on Professional Integrity Testing and Corruption Risk Assessment that took place in Chisinau, Moldova on September 4th 2019. The Workshop was organized under the auspice of the Anti-corruption Twining Project funded by the European Union. This occasion gathered experts and professionals in the field of […]

The NCA has been granted freezing orders on eight bank accounts containing a total of more than £100 million, which is suspected to have derived from bribery and corruption in an overseas nation.   The Account Freezing Orders (AFOs) were obtained at Westminster Magistrates Court on 12 August, and represent the largest amount of money […]