In mid-October, the annual EPAC/EACN Conference took place in Budva, Montenegro, bringing together representatives of European anti-corruption and police oversight bodies, including representatives of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau of Latvia (KNAB). At the conference, David Meyer, President of the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), highlighted a key challenge for European anti-corruption policy: although the legal frameworks for preventing…
In mid-October, the annual EPAC/EACN Conference took place in Budva, Montenegro, bringing together representatives of European anti-corruption and police oversight bodies, including representatives of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau of Latvia (KNAB). At the conference, David Meyer, President of the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), highlighted a key challenge for European anti-corruption policy: although the legal frameworks for preventing corruption are already in place, their existence alone does not guarantee effective results in practice. The GRECO President also emphasised the need to move beyond formal compliance towards effective preventive mechanisms, to strengthen integrity at all…
