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GRECO’s 4th Round Evaluation Report finds Romania has made progress on anti-corruption measures for MPs, judges, and prosecutors, but key gaps on conflicts of interest and transparency remain

January 22, 2026

GRECO’s latest report finds that Romania has implemented eight of 13 anti‑corruption recommendations relating to parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors, with progress on lobbying transparency and disclosure rules for MPs, but it still hasn’t addressed conflicts of interest, restrictions on gifts and hospitality, or procedural transparency, leaving five key recommendations only partly or not implemented and prompting a deadline for further action by November 30, 2026…

Europol’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Report warns that quantum computing could break today’s encryption, urging FIs to act now to safeguard transactions, identities, and sensitive data from future FC

January 21, 2026

The report outlines a practical methodology that helps financial organisations assess and rank systems and use cases for post-quantum cryptography migration based on quantum-related risk, data sensitivity, and implementation complexity, enabling more effective planning and execution. It highlights early “no-regret” actions such as deploying hybrid cryptographic solutions for public-facing services and eliminating outdated encryption practices, and emphasises that readiness requires coordination across firms, vendors, standards bodies and risk management programmes…

GRECO 5th Evaluation Round Compliance Report on Croatia highlights improved police integrity and transparency but ongoing gaps in key anti-corruption measures, with a follow-up due by 30 Nov 2026

January 12, 2026

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) reports that Croatia has fully implemented 11 of the 17 recommendations from its Fifth Round evaluation on preventing corruption in top executive functions and the police, with the remaining six only partially addressed. GRECO acknowledges progress such as new integrity training and the Lobbying Act but calls on authorities to step up efforts to complete outstanding reforms and strengthen anti-corruption measures across government and law enforcement…

GRECO’s 4th Evaluation Round report reveals that Belgium has partially implemented anti-corruption reform for parliamentarians, judges, and prosecutors, with limited progress in govt and law enforcement

January 6, 2026

CRECO published two new assessments showing that Belgium has acted on part of its earlier recommendations—implementing eight of 15 on parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors—but several remain only partly done. It also concludes that Belgium has fully implemented only eight of 22 recommendations on preventing corruption in central government and law enforcement, with many still at the stage of consultation or intent, and has asked for progress updates by November 2026…

EPPO arrests four suspects in Poland, including a senior official, over alleged procurement fraud and corruption linked to an EU-funded tram project

December 22, 2025

The official is alleged to have provided confidential information to a favoured company to secure a contract worth over €1 million and is also suspected of corruption. During searches, authorities seized approximately €38,000 in cash and a gold bar. One suspect remains in pre-trial detention, while the investigation continues to clarify the facts and determine potential criminal offences. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty…

OECD’s Phase 4 Anti-Bribery Report on Estonia finds that while the country has strengthened its foreign bribery laws, detection, enforcement, and prioritisation still need improvement to tackle significant gaps

December 18, 2025

The OECD Working Group on Bribery’s Phase 4 evaluation acknowledges Estonia’s progress in aligning its laws and corporate liability regime with the Anti-Bribery Convention. However, it highlights that enforcement activity is low relative to the risks, that awareness and proactive detection of foreign bribery are limited, and that authorities must improve prioritisation and investigation capacity to effectively combat these offences…

OECD’s Anti-Bribery Phase 3 Follow-Up report on Lithuania highlights reform progress but warns that enforcement of foreign bribery and corporate liability laws remains weak

December 18, 2025

The report assesses Lithuania’s progress against the recommendations from its Phase 3 evaluation of implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. It concludes that although some legal and procedural reforms have been enacted, challenges persist in effectively investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning foreign bribery and in ensuring robust corporate liability, indicating the need for further targeted improvements…

GRECO’s 5th Evaluation Round report praises Iceland’s strong anti-corruption and integrity reforms but flags persistent gaps in enforcement, oversight, and transparency

December 17, 2025

The report finds that Iceland has satisfactorily or appropriately addressed a majority of the original recommendations, with several measures adopted to strengthen ethics frameworks, conflict‑of‑interest rules and awareness‑raising for senior officials, and improvements in law enforcement integrity policies. However, some recommendations remain only partly implemented and at least one is still unimplemented, with GRECO urging the Icelandic authorities to complete outstanding reforms—particularly in areas such as enforcement, monitoring…

Council of the EU and EP reach deal on new EU law to boost the fight against corruption – the first EU Anti-Corruption Directive, with harmonised offences and penalties across member states

December 11, 2025

For the first time, the new law establishes EU-wide criminal definitions for a broad range of corruption offences, including public and private sector bribery, trading in influence, misappropriation and concealment, and requires member states to implement minimum sanctions, including prison terms and significant fines for companies. It also sets common jurisdictional rules, mandates national anti-corruption strategies and…

GRECO’s 5th Evaluation Report finds that France has made only limited headway on anti-corruption reforms, with key gaps still undermining senior government integrity and law-enforcement oversight

December 11, 2025

In its addendum to the Second Compliance Report under the Fifth Evaluation Round, GRECO notes that while France has satisfactorily implemented a small number of earlier anticorruption recommendations, most remain only partly implemented and several — including stricter integrity vetting of advisers, transparency of presidential interest declarations, and expanded lobbying disclosure — are still not implemented. The report highlights specific gaps such as limited vetting of public-sector advisers…

GRECO’s Protection of Whistleblowers paper stresses that robust legal safeguards and secure reporting channels are key to exposing corruption and breaking culture of silence in public institutions

December 10, 2025

The paper highlights that whistleblowers are essential to detecting corruption and misconduct, and reviews how GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round has pressed countries to strengthen legal protections, confidential reporting channels and safeguards against retaliation in police and other hierarchical agencies. It also underscores the need for independent oversight, clear internal and external reporting pathways, and practical training and monitoring to ensure whistleblower protections work effectively in practice…

GRECO’s 4th Evaluation Report praises Ireland’s strides in anti‑corruption reforms for judges and MPs, yet urges swift adoption of pending ethics and legislative measures to close remaining gaps

December 5, 2025

The addendum notes that Ireland has advanced on certain institutional and transparency measures — for example, ongoing legislative reform planning and establishment of bodies like the Judicial Appointments Commission — reflecting some steps toward the standards set in the Fourth Evaluation Round. However, GRECO stresses that important recommendations, such as fully implementing financial-disclosure enhancements, ethics oversight for senior officials, and other core integrity safeguards for parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors…

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