Law Enforcement – Croatia Anti Corruption Institutional Framework
Investigative:
– Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime / USKOK (Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta, Državno odvjetništvo) – click for more information
Contacts
Email: tajnistvo@uskok.dorh.hr
tel. +385 1 4591 874
General information
Established: 2001
Structure: USKOK is headed by a Director and Deputy Director and is subdivided into five departments, a secretariat, and support services
Competencies: to investigate, prosecute and prevent corruption
Level of independence
– Permanence: established by Official Gazette no. 88/2001 Law on the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime
– Appointment: Head is appointed by the State Attorney General, with a previously obtained opinion of the Minister of Justice, and the opinion of the panel of national State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Croatia
– Removal: Office (Official Gazette No. 51/01). (3) Besides the cases from para 2 above the Head shall be relieved of duty: if he or she does not agree to security checks or impedes their implementation, or if he or she does not provide, in due time, data on his or her property status. (4) In cases from para 2 above, unless they refer to the relief of duty for disciplinary reasons, and para 3 above, the Head shall remain Deputy State Attorney General, or County State Attorney, but he or she may not work at the Office.
– Financial Autonomy: The funds necessary for the functioning of the Office shall be provided from the national budget of the Republic of Croatia pursuant to the provisions of the Law on the State Attorney’s Office. Besides the purposes specified in the Law on the State Attorney’s Office, the special purpose funds also include:
- witness protection funds, unless they are not specifically determined in the Law on the protection of witnesses,
- outsourcing funds (expert witnesses etc.).
- funds for special needs.
– Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime / PNUSKOK (Policijski nacionalni ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta) – click for more information
Contacts
Email: korupcija@mup.hr
tel. +385 1 3788 109
General information
Established: 2009
Structure: Headed by the head of the Office. Organizationally compatible with the structure of the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime/USKOK.
Competencies: to prevent, detect, and investigate complex corruption-related crimes.
Prosecutorial:
– Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime / USKOK (Ured za suzbijanje korupcije I organiziranog kriminaliteta, Državno odvjetništvo) – click for more information
Contacts
Email: tajnistvo@uskok.dorh.hr
tel. +385 1 4591 874
General information
Established: 2001
Structure: USKOK is headed by a Director and Deputy Director and is subdivided into five departments, a secretariat, and support services
Competencies: to investigate, prosecute and prevent corruption
Level of independence
– Permanence: established by Official Gazette no. 88/2001 Law on the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime
– Appointment: Head is appointed by the State Attorney General, with a previously obtained opinion of the Minister of Justice, and the opinion of the panel of national State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Croatia
– Removal: Office (Official Gazette No. 51/01). (3) Besides the cases from para 2 above the Head shall be relieved of duty: if he or she does not agree to security checks or impedes their implementation, or if he or she does not provide, in due time, data on his or her property status. (4) In cases from para 2 above, unless they refer to the relief of duty for disciplinary reasons, and para 3 above, the Head shall remain Deputy State Attorney General, or County State Attorney, but he or she may not work at the Office.
– Financial Autonomy: The funds necessary for the functioning of the Office shall be provided from the national budget of the Republic of Croatia pursuant to the provisions of the Law on the State Attorney’s Office. Besides the purposes specified in the Law on the State Attorney’s Office, the special purpose funds also include:
- witness protection funds, unless they are not specifically determined in the Law on the protection of witnesses,
- outsourcing funds (expert witnesses etc.).
- funds for special needs.