Today the entire world celebrates International Women’s Day. RAI Secretariat wishes all the women in the world empowerment and equality. RAI Secretariat uses the opportunity to declare that RAI became a gender aware organisation in 2016 by committing to upholding fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and other internationally recognized […]

RAI Programme Team, composed of Mr. Vladan Joksimovic, Mr. Tomislav Curic and Ms. Iva Komsic are participating at the Conference on Corruption Proofing in Albanian Legislation, organized by Ministry of State on Local Issues, Republic of Albania in cooperation with IDRA (Institute for Development Research and Alternatives), with financial support of Embassy of Netherlands. The […]

Thousands of Romanians took to the streets again in the capital, Bucharest, to protest against the government and show support for the country’s anti-corruption authorities. Demonstrators on March 5 gathered in Victory Square near government buildings and waved Romanian and U.S. flags. The demonstrators marched toward the parliament, with many chanting, “Romania, wake up!” and “We […]

Amnesty International (AI) released an annual report on the state of the world’s human rights. Organisation which is supported by more than 7 million people around the world aims to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. […]

European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs AFET held a session on Monday, 27 February. The Committee discussed EU Country Reports for Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo* For more information about the content of discussion and conclusions please go to EU Committee on Foreign Affairs. *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line […]

Research published today by Transparency International and the Web Foundation finds that five key G20 countries are failing to meet commitments to publish data that helps tackle corruption. If the data was publicly available it could be used to curb criminal activities, including money laundering and tax evasion. In 2015 the G20 agreed that in […]

The Head of Romania’s anti-graft body DNA, Laura Codruta Kovesi, said on Thursday that the institution blocked 667 million euro ($700.3 million) worth of assets under precautionary measures in 2016, up 72% compared with the previous year. “The investigations focused on the complex cases, regarding serious acts of corruption or corruption offences committed by officials, […]

If only lower echelons of government are punished for corruption, then the rule of law represents repression and a political witch-hunt according to a coalition of civil society organizations from Southeast Europe. The prosecution of corrupt high-ranking politicians and senior civil servants is the only way to send a strong and clear message that corruption […]

Having conducted an extensive investigation, Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption issued an Indictment against the following persons: Kemal Čaušević, born in 1966 in Sarajevo 2.    Anes Sadiković, born in 1976 in Prijepolje 3.    Sedinet Karić, aka Sido, born in 1969 in Srebrenik The accused are charged as follows: […]

A probe of suspected legal violations of public procurement procedures by the former government has identified a series of issues within the ministries of defence, regional development and agriculture. Suspected violations by the former coalition government led by Boyko Borissov have been identified at the ministry of defence, the ministry of regional development and its […]