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Council of EU has agreed on an EU law to combat corruption, along with preventive measures and rules for more effective investigation and prosecution

The new law will consolidate rules on corruption in both the public and private sectors into a single legal act. It will also amend the 2017 directive on fraud and other criminal offences that affect the EU’s financial interests. The offences and penalties will include: Harmonised definition of offences, Penalty…

GRECO releases the the Second Addendum to the Second Compliance Report on Georgia, addressing Georgia’s implementation of recommendations for corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges, and prosecutors

Report concludes that Georgia has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactory manner nine of the sixteen recommendations contained in the Fourth Round Evaluation Report.

 

GRECO has called on Andorra to pursue its efforts to prevent corruption in respect of persons with top executive functions, such as members of the govt, high-level officials, and members of the Police Corps

Recognises progress regarding transparency, but pushes for rules requiring integrity checks prior to appointments of ministers and all other persons with top executive functions (PTEFs) should be adopted in order to detect and manage possible risks of conflicts of interest, and the legal status of special relationship personnel should be better regulated.

 

OECD issues Phase 4 two-year written follow-up report on Greece’s implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials 

Evaluates the implementation of the recommendations in the Phase 4 Evaluation report on Greece’s implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and the 2021 Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

 

OECD releases report on strengthening oversight of the Court of Auditors for effective public procurement in Portugal

This report looks at efforts by Portugal’s Court of Auditors (Tribunal de Contas, TdC) to make better use of data and analytics in assessing risks in public procurement.

OECD assesses the public procurement performance measurement framework in Hungary and provides recommendations for its improvement

Public procurement measurement frameworks are essential, both to assess progress and achievements periodically and consistently and to identify gaps in progress against objectives and targets.

GRECO marks its 25th anniversary with a high-level session on the evolving challenges to the fight against corruption

Speech delivered by Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

TI publishes report on the progress of anti-corruption reforms in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Assessment based on national integrity system (NIS) assessments carried out between September 2022 and December 2023. Finds that ‘a complex mixture of slow and limited progress in strengthening integrity systems, along with democratic backsliding that strongly augments corruption levels’.

Eurojust assists in uncovering a high-level corruption scheme

Fugitives with Red Notices, using bribes, seek asylum in Moldova and other countries attempting to block or delete them, and seeking information about their INTERPOL red notice to avoid detection…

GRECO publishes Annual report for 2023, highlighting anti-corruption trends, challenges and good practices in EU and US

GRECO expresses concern about the slow implementation of its recommendations on preventing corruption among parliamentarians, compared to other professional groups. It also underlines that several judicial systems must be further reformed to guarantee the independence of judges and prosecutors, and to strengthen the integrity rules that are applied to them.

GRECO publishes its third evaluation round second addendum to the second compliance report on Switzerland

Report deals with Incriminations (ETS 173 and 191, GPC 2) and Transparency of Party Funding.

Swissinfo Ch: Switzerland plans to introduce a flight passenger database from 2026 to collect and process personal data in a bid to combat terrorism and serious crime

Switzerland plans to introduce a flight passenger database from 2026 to collect and process personal data in a bid to combat terrorism and serious crime. The government has sent a related bill to parliament…