A court in Bosnia and Herzegovina ruled Monday that the banking agency of the autonomous Republika Srpska had acted illegally by withholding records on a failed local bank from the anti-corruption group Transparency International (TI), the organization said. The district court in the city of Banja Luka found that the Banking Agency of Republika Srpska, […]

The Commission has today adopted a proposal to further reinforce EU rules on anti-money laundering to counter terrorist financing and increase transparency about who really owns companies and trusts. The Juncker Commission has made the fight against tax avoidance, money laundering and terrorism financing one of its priorities. The changes proposed today will tackle new […]

Bulgarian lawmakers have overwhelmingly adopted draft legislation that aims at fighting high-level graft, local media report. The bill has been backed on a first reading by a majority of 130-28, with 13 abstentions. If approved further, it will give way to a new anti-graft body that will possibly be called National Bureau on Fight against […]

The European Commission has reportedly prepared a first round of sanctions against Macedonia due to the unresolved political crisis in the country. The crisis, which started in 2015 when wiretapped conversations incriminating top politicians were leaked, deepened in April when President Gjorge Ivanov issued a blanket pardon for 56 people, including top politicians. The decision […]

The EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, has become officially operative again after the law extending its mandate was published in Kosovo’s official gazette – allowing high-profile trials to resume. The EU’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, was officially operational again as of Wednesday night, when two laws extending its mandate were published in the […]

Parliament is set to hold a debate on the latest version of a bill aimed at cracking down on graft. This is a new version of a draft put forward by Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva which was previously turned down. Kuneva’s proposals includes the creation of a National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Additionally, the scope of people who […]

After seven months in custody, former Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat was sentenced to nine years in prison on corruption charges in a billion-dollar case that shook the nation’s economy. The theft from three banks amounted to about 13 percent of the country’s annual gross domestic product. The case, however, is far from over; both […]

Former Romanian transport minister Relu Fenechiu, who is currently serving a 5-year jail sentence for corrupting the director of a state-owned company more than 10 years ago, has been charged with influence peddling in a case related to software purchases by the Justice Ministry and a state-owned pharmaceutical company. The Prahova Court approved a 30-day […]

Prime minister Pavel Filip will be counselled in the fight against corruption by the former director of Polish Anti-corruption Bureau. Pawel Wojtunik has been nominated by the European Union to help Moldovan Government in the implementation of the primary reforms and the provisions of the Association Agreement with the EU. The Moldovan Prime minister and […]

The “Colourful Revolution” has announced a new protest, on Monday, and it begins outside the Special Prosecutor’s Office at 19:00. The “Colourful Revolution” in a statement on their official Facebook page, it says that the fight for justice continues, and they are involving themselves into finding a solution and a way out to the current […]