Amid a high-profile extortion scandal that has rocked the country, North Macedonia’s government is forming an anti-corruption team which it says will help the prosecution and courts to root out graft. North Macedonia’s government said on Tuesday that it has decided to form an “operational” anti-graft team headed by Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and including […]

Croatia’s state property minister Goran Maric said on Monday he has submitted his resignation over media attacks alleging wrongdoings in property deals, but dismissed the claims as ungrounded. “Today I submitted my irrevocable resignation to prime minister Andrej Plenkovic,” Maric told reporters in the Adriatic town of Novi Vinodolski, with state TV broadcaster HRT transmitting his […]

The Committee of Ministers representing the 47 member states of the Council of Europe today adopted a decision accepting a request by the European Union to become an observer with the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). Welcoming this decision, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, said: “This is another example of […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative proudly announces opening of the 14th Annual Summer School for Junior Anti-corruption Practitioners from South East Europe. This year the school is taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from today till 04 July.  The topic of the 2019 Summer School edition is “Investigation of corruption cases- Innovative mechanisms and tools”.   […]

17 June 2019 – Today GRECO is hosting a large high-level conference in celebration of its 20th anniversary. Held under the auspices of the French Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, the event will discuss GRECO’s achievements in assisting states to improve their capacity to prevent and combat corruption, assess current challenges and anticipate emerging […]

Prosecutors, judges and experts from the International Cooperation Departments at the Ministries of Justice from Albania, Bosna and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia are participating in a three-day Regional Mutual Legal Assistance and Asset Recovery Training which is taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia from 11th to 13th June 2019. […]

AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) and RAI Secretariat (Regional Anti-corruption Initiative) partnered up to implement a 2-year Regional Project on asset recovery titled “Strengthening Anti-Corruption in the South East Europe through Improving Assets Seizure Measures” (the Regional Anti-corruption Project). The Regional Project is financed by the British Government and supported by Konrad […]

Today a B&H Center for Investigative Reporting CIN held a Round Table in Sarajevo titled “The Right of Public to Know: Asset declarations of public officials in judiciary”. CIN used the occasion to present a new public database “Property of Judges and Prosecutors” containing the information on income, movable assets and real estate of public […]

The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) and Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) organised a regional event for judges and prosecutors on effective asset recovery as part of a wider project to bolster the fight against corruption and organised crime in the South East Europe.   The two-day event includes training sessions conducted by […]

The European Commission said on Monday (13 May) that Romania is close to being hit with Article 7 of the EU treaties, the heaviest punishment for a member state deviating from rule of law fundamentals. Losing the chance to join the Schengen zone any time soon would be one of the consequences. The Commission hardly […]