The MODELS OF SPECIALISED ANTI-CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONS

Authors

  • Vladimir Ratko Šebek Ministry of Interior

Keywords:

corruption

Abstract

Specialized anti-corruption institutions are not product of the new age. First specialized departments in fighting against corruption went into effect in the middle of last century, but beginning of creation of these departments have been connected with founding of the most significant specialized institutions. Although its effects on democratic institutions and economic and social development have long been apparent, the fight against corruption has only recently been placed high on the international policy agenda. The UN Convention Against Corruption, which  came into force in 2005, is the most universal in its approach; it covers a very broad range of issues including the formation of specialised bodies responsible for preventing corruption and for combating corruption through law enforcement.

It is the autor’s intention to present to the public the organizational solutions of the anti-corruption bodies predicted in the UN Convention against Corruption​ so folloving standards to act effectively. By one side, this text represents models of specialized anti-corruption bodies in the world, and by the other side, contains display of institutional anti-corruption model in Republic of Serbia as well, with focus on the Department for Corruption Suppression (OBPK) in Ministry of Interior.

References

1. The Criminal Procedure Code (Official Gazette of RS, no 72/2011, 101/2011, 121/2012, 32/2013, 45/2013 and 55/2014);
2. Law on organization and jurisdiction of government authorities in suppression of organized crime, terrorism and corruption (Official Gazette of RS, No. 94/2016 and 87/2018- separate Law);
3. Law on The Anti-Corruption Agency (Official Gazette of RS, no. 97/08, 53/10);
4. Transparency International (2018), Corruption Perception Index 2018. Available: www.transparency.org/cpi2018#downloads
5. The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces – DCAF (2012), Toolkit on Police Integrity, Switzerland (Valeur, Slovak Republic).
6. UN General Assembly (2003),United Nations Convention Against Corruption, adopted 31 October 2003 by Resolution 58/4 (A/58/422).
7. Council of Europe, Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, European Treaty Series- No. 173, adopted on 27 January 1999, entered into force on 1 July 2002.
8. Council of Europe, Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, European Treaty Series- No. 191, entered into force on 1 February 2005.
9. Council of Europe - Group of States against Corruption GRECO (2017), Compliance report Serbia – Fourth evaluation round (Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors), GrecoRC4(2017)8, Strasbourg;
10. Council of Europe - Group of States against Corruption GRECO (2015), Compliance report Serbia – Fourth evaluation round (Corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors), Greco Eval IV Rep (2015) 8E, Strasbourg;
11. Doig, Alan (2004), “A Good Idea Gone Wrong? Anti-Corruption Commissions in the Twenty First Century”, EGPA 2004 Annual Conference, Ljubljana
12. Krstić, G. (2017), Specialization of state autorities in combating organized crime, terrorism and corruption with special impact in relationship between prosecutors office and police, NBP – Journal of Criminalistics and Law, 22 (3), pp. 67-88.
13. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD Publications), Specialised Anti-Corruption Institutions: Review of Models, France, 2008.
14. Mitchell, Z. et al. (2013), A Comparative Analysis of the OECD Anti-Corruption Models (Asia & Europe) And Australia’s Existing Anti-Corruption Platform, International Journal of Business and Commerce, Vol. 4, No.03, pp. 01-23.

Downloads

Published

2020-07-14

Issue

Section

Police Organization – Structure and Functioning