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GRECO’s Estonia Local Integrity Report exposes uneven anti-corruption standards across municipalities, flagging weak transparency, conflict-of-interest controls, and inconsistent enforcement

April 10, 2026

The report finds that while Estonia has established a generally solid integrity framework, significant gaps remain at the local government level, particularly in managing conflicts of interest, ensuring transparency, and strengthening enforcement of ethical standards. The report highlights inconsistencies in implementation across municipalities and calls for stronger oversight, clearer rules, and more effective monitoring to ensure integrity measures are applied consistently and effectively at the local level…

GRECO’s 5th Compliance Report on Moldova notes limited progress in strengthening integrity and anti-corruption systems, with key gaps in transparency, conflict-of-interest controls, and enforcement

April 8, 2026

The report concludes that Moldova has satisfactorily implemented only 7 of 25 recommendations, with persistent gaps in areas such as integrity checks for senior officials, conflict-of-interest management, transparency of advisers and effective supervision within law-enforcement bodies. GRECO highlights a broader issue of weak implementation in practice, noting that legal frameworks and reforms exist but are not consistently enforced, and calls for further progress within 18 months to strengthen oversight, accountability…

GRECO’s 102nd Plenary Meeting pushes for stronger anti-corruption action, advancing transparency, faster evaluations, and greater pressure on member states to implement reforms

March 27, 2026

The decisions introduce a standardised publication approach, requiring public summaries of evaluation and compliance reports within six months where full publication is delayed, alongside renewed calls for countries to release full reports promptly to enhance accountability and visibility. GRECO also intensifies follow-up procedures, including stricter timelines and escalation measures for non-compliant states, reinforcing its monitoring framework to ensure that recommendations translate into concrete legislative…

TI’s blog “When Power is on Trial” examines former President Sarkozy’s 2025 corruption and illegal campaign financing appeal as a pivotal test of judicial independence and accountability for the powerful

March 12, 2026

Convicted of criminal conspiracy for allegedly securing illegal funding from Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign, Sarkozy has appealed the ruling, which also dismissed certain corruption and campaign finance charges. TI France, acting as a civil party, is challenging these dismissals and advocating for stronger political finance rules. The case exposes the challenges of investigating complex financial crimes, including nearly two decades of delays, gaps in resources, weak deterrence, and declining public trust. Attacks on judges by Sarkozy and his supporters illustrate how political pressure…

EU Commission launches “TraceMap”, a new AI-powered platform to strengthen EU food-safety monitoring and detect fraud across agri-food supply chains

March 10, 2026

The platform integrates data from systems such as the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) and TRACES to identify links between operators and consignments, enabling authorities to better track products, detect contamination and uncover food-fraud risks across the EU. By improving data analysis and cross-border visibility, TraceMap supports faster recalls, enhanced control of imports and more effective enforcement action against fraud and safety breaches within the EU food system.

Peer-reviewed study in Trends in Organized Crime argues that corruption evolves over time as enforcement, legal reforms and shifting actors reshape the structure and behaviour of corruption networks

February 28, 2026

Using qualitative network and document analysis of corruption cases in Italy at two different points in time, the research shows that changes in the effectiveness of the criminal-justice system, governance reforms and the roles of key actors can alter how corruption schemes are organised and sustained. The authors propose a conceptual framework viewing corruption as a dynamic network phenomenon, where relationships between public officials, intermediaries and private actors adapt to institutional pressures, meaning anti-corruption policies can unintentionally transform—rather than eliminate—the ways corrupt networks operate.

European Court of Auditors in a report warns the €650B Recovery and Resilience Facility remains vulnerable to fraud, calling for stronger controls and clearer rules to safeguard EU funds

February 28, 2026

The audit finds that the RRF’s performance-based funding model, which releases payments when Member States meet milestones and targets rather than reimbursing actual project costs, limits the EU’s ability to detect and prevent fraud affecting the €650-billion post-pandemic recovery instrument. ECA recommends clearer guidance on fraud reporting, stronger national anti-fraud frameworks and improved coordination between Member States, the European Commission, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public…

OLAF reports that an EU-wide enforcement operation has seized over 3.1 million counterfeit or illicit pills and large quantities of illegal medical products

February 25, 2026

Under Operation SHIELD VI, OLAF coordinated customs authorities from 14 EU Member States to target the illegal trade in counterfeit medicines, anabolic steroids, doping substances and unregulated food supplements, leading to the seizure of more than 104,000 packages, 23,014 ampoules and flasks, and over 1,000 kg of illicit substances. The operation, conducted with partners including Europol and national enforcement agencies, aims to disrupt criminal networks supplying dangerous counterfeit medical products and protect consumers from substances that may contain unknown ingredients, incorrect dosages or no active pharmaceutical components.

GRECO’s 5th Evaluation Report praises Finland’s anti-corruption progress, with robust integrity and law enforcement reforms, while urging final steps on ministerial codes, training, and enforcement

February 12, 2026

The compliance addendum notes progress through a national anti-corruption strategy, integrity training and lobbying transparency measures, improving implementation of several Fifth Round recommendations. However, gaps remain in formal ethics rules, asset disclosure and legal embedding of reforms, meaning Finland remains under continued GRECO monitoring…

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…

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