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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…

GRECO’s 4th Evaluation Report highlights Liechtenstein’s strong anti-corruption progress including adopting a public Code of Conduct for MPs addressing conflicts of interest, gifts, and integrity

December 4, 2025

In its Second Compliance Report under the Fourth Evaluation Round on corruption prevention for members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, GRECO notes that Liechtenstein has fully implemented ten recommendations — including adoption of a parliamentary Code of Conduct and annual judicial ethics training — and made measurable progress on several others. However, important gaps persist, such as transparency of the legislative process, more comprehensive financial-interest reporting for MPs, and enhanced judicial…

GRECO’s Fifth Evaluation Round Compliance Report reveals Malta’s significant gaps in enforcing core anti-corruption measures for senior officials and law‑enforcement agencies

November 28, 2025

The 2025 GRECO Addendum finds that Malta has made limited progress on its anti-corruption commitments, with many of the 23 recommendations still only partly or not implemented. Despite steps like a new conflict-of-interest directive, expanded integrity training, and better consultation processes, major gaps remain—particularly around a comprehensive integrity strategy, lobbying transparency…

EPPO warns Slovakia’s draft whistle‑blower legislative amendments would strip protections from many reporters, including past cases, jeopardizing fraud detection and EU financial‑crime safeguards

November 28, 2025

EPPO concludes that the proposed legislation restricts whistle-blower protection by narrowing coverage to persons directly employed by reporting entities, excludes external actors such as contractors or suppliers, and introduces retroactive changes that would affect ongoing EPPO investigations. The office warns that these changes pose serious risks to the rule of law, reduce the likelihood of detecting and reporting fraud and corruption, and therefore impair the protection of the EU’s financial interests…

OECD’s paper Developing a Data-Driven Corruption Risk Model to Strengthen Integrity outlines Belgium’s initiative to use a Corruption Risk Index and analytics to proactively identify corruption risks

November 10, 2025

The report introduces a Corruption Risk Index using indicators such as procurement and corporate data, discusses practical challenges like data quality and stakeholder engagement, and highlights key enablers including reliable data sources, institutional buy-in, and iterative analytics. Overall, the initiative aims to shift from reactive, intuition-based auditing to a proactive, evidence-based…

TI’s report on Chasing Grand Corruption exposes how poor data access, limited resources, and weak cross-border cooperation hinder EU efforts to detect and prosecute major corruption cases

October 25, 2025

Basel’s policy brief Rethinking How Switzerland Uses Illicit Profits from Foreign Bribery Settlements urges channeling such proceeds into justice and anti-corruption efforts in affected countries

October 25, 2025

The Brief examines how Switzerland one of the few countries actively enforcing foreign-bribery laws, currently handles fines and confiscated assets from companies settling foreign-bribery cases. It argues that Switzerland can enhance its leadership by redirecting those funds more strategically for example into support for victim countries, capacity-building overseas and strengthening global anti-corruption frameworks…

EC unveils its 2026 Work Programme, reinforcing financial integrity by tightening supply chain oversight, addressing regulatory gaps, and enhancing economic security to curb corruption and FC

October 21, 2025

It focuses on securing critical supply chains, closing regulatory loopholes, and boosting economic and energy security. The programme also prioritises digital transformation, green transition, and stronger enforcement of financial and trade rules to safeguard the EU’s economic interests and uphold integrity against corruption, money laundering, and other financial crimes…

EP proposes draft rules simplifying sustainability reporting and due diligence by narrowing scope to large firms, adopting a RBA and making sector-specific reporting optional

October 13, 2025

The draft amendments reduce social and environmental reporting obligations so that they apply only to companies averaging over 1,000 employees and a net turnover above €450 million, and limit mandatory due-diligence rules to large companies with over 5,000 employees and €1.5 billion turnover. Further, the rules eliminate EU-level civil liability for breaches (leaving victims to rely on national law) and establish a digital portal offering free templates and guidance to support compliance…

TI’s recent testing of legitimate-interest access to EU BO registers across 14 countries shows that civil society still faces delays, rejections, and bureaucratic hurdles in accessing BO information

September 30, 2025

The policy brief outlines how restrictive interpretations of “legitimate interest” undermine transparency and the fight against corruption and financial crime. It calls for harmonised EU rules that balance privacy with the public’s right to scrutinize beneficial ownership, ensuring accountability across jurisdictions…

GRECO’s Right to Access Information paper highlights that effective access to official information is key to fighting corruption, though many states still lag in transparency and compliance

September 26, 2025

The paper emphasizes the need for robust legal frameworks, noting that while many countries have access-to-information laws, some are outdated or fragmented, and recommends comprehensive legislation and accession to the Tromsø Convention. Effective implementation requires independent oversight bodies with sufficient authority and resources, while compliance issues such as delays, lack of proactive transparency…

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