Fight againist Corruption and organized crime
Publisher: Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (KFOS)
Volume: 26 pages, pdf
Description
Anti-corruption and organized crime legislation has improved in considerable aspects in recent years. Nonetheless, ambiguities, loopholes but also challenges concerning the stipulated objectives in preventing and fighting corruption and organized crime still remain requiring prompt and thorough respond. Since 2013, several amendments were introduced in the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (CCRK), as regards some aspects of anti-corruption and organized crime legislation. In some respects, these changes to the CCRK have brought some improvements in preventing corruption, as is the case with substantial decrease of officials that refuse to declare assets, due to the penalization of this act. However, aspects related to the mandate and capacities of Anticorruption Agency (ACA) as regards investigating origin of the wealth and possibilities for extensive verification of the declared assets, but also improvements within the sphere of conflict of interest and asset confiscation, require immediate improvements if any tangible and qualitative impact is to be noticed.