STANDARDS
The Council of Europe’ legal framework against corruption
and money laundering covers the following legal
instruments:
Its Anti-corruption
Instruments:
 Criminal
Law Convention on Corruption (ETS 173)
Civil
Law Convention on Corruption (ETS 174)
Additional
Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
(ETS 191)
Resolution
(97) 24 Concerning Twenty Guiding Principles on
the fight against Corruption
Rec(2000)10E
11 May 2000 on Codes of Conduct for Public
Officials
Rec(2003)4
of the Committee of Ministers to member states on
Common Rules against Corruption in the Funding
of Political parties and electoral campaigns
Its Anti-money Laundering Instruments:
Convention
on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation
of the Proceeds from Crime [CETS 141]
Council
of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure
and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and
on the Financing of Terrorism [CETS 198]
Recommendation
on measures against the transfer and safekeeping
of funds of criminal origin [Recommendation No R
(80) 10].
MONITORING
Group
of States against Corruption
(GRECO)
Committee
of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti Money Laundering
Measures and the Financing of Terrorism
(MONEYVAL).
CO-OPERATION APPROACH
In using its triangular approach (standard-setting,
monitoring, and technical assistance), the Council
of Europe provides support, assistance and co operation
in reforms concerning economic crime, corruption
and money laundering in many of its members States
(some emerging from the former-communist block and
some from post conflict areas). Thus the results
and lessons learned have enriched Council of Europe
expertise and equipped us with sustainable “know
how”, tools and efficient networking facilities
to support important reforms in the newly emerged
democracies. Those countries today, have successfully
managed to join the European family as Council of
Europe member States and contribute on an equal
footing to its work.
The added value of Council
of Europe presence and partnership in member and
non-member States can be found in many aspects of
our work but especially on what the Council can
offer, in technical assistance and co-operation:
allowing access to experience and knowledge in mainstreaming
the European acquis; sharing tools that can be used
when implementing international standards given
its unique ability to use its monitoring mechanisms;
coordinating, supporting and hosting professional
networks which promote better international co-operation
in criminal matters (European Union/Council of Europe
member States and other countries). Those networks
and exchange of good practices (in implementing
and monitoring international and European standards)
have served as capacity building promoters and created
strong links among homologue practitioners, professionals
and government structures that share common goals
and objectives when tackling economic and organised
crime and its trans-frontier effects. Furthermore
the global co-operation on technical matters concerning
the fight against economic crime, corruption, and
money-laundering is a key element when aiming at
the objective in outreaching European values and
reinforcing and supporting European neighbourhood
policies.
The Council of Europe has supported
countries in the implementation of European and
international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering
standards through technical co-operation and assistance
programmes for more than a decade. They are funded
from the budget of the Council of Europe but to
a large extent also by contributions by countries
and organisations such as the European Union, Norway
Grants, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland, and United
States Agency for International Development (USAID).
NEWS ...
Coming up soon:
MOLI-Serbia:
Seminar for Prosecutors and Police on the Investigation and Prosecution of Money Laundering Offences and the Seizure of the Proceeds of Crime
(Kragujevac, Serbia, 23-24 May 2013)
read more...
PACS-Serbia: Meeting of the Working Group to discuss training needs
(Belgrade, Serbia 27-28 May 2013)
read more...
MOLI-Serbia:
Intelligence Development Course
(Belgrade, Serbia, 27-31 May 2013)
read more...
EaP Facility/Corruption: Regional Training (2.5): “Political party and electoral campaign financing”
(Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 18-19 June 2013)
read more...
Activities in the past:
MOLI-Serbia:
Seminar for Prosecutors and Police on the Investigation and Prosecution of Money Laundering Offences and the Seizure of the Proceeds of Crime
(Nis, Serbia, 9-10 May 2013)
read more...
PECK Project: Face-to-face meeting with Kosovo* authorities on assessment reports
(Strasbourg, France, April 29-30 2013)
read more...
PACS-Serbia:
Start-up conference
(Belgrade, Serbia 26 April 2013)
read more...
EaP Facility/Corruption: Regional Conference (1.5): “Presentation of risk assessment: Typologies of underlying causes of corruption” and 3rd Project Steering Committee meeting
(Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, 11 April 2013)
On 11 April 2013, the Project organised the 2nd Regional Conference “Presentation of risk assessment: Typologies of underlying causes of corruption” in Chisinau and brought together about 60 representatives of government institutions responsible for anti-corruption policy advice and prevention of the six Eastern Partnership countries, as well as from civil society and international organisations.
(read more...)
EaP Facility/Corruption: Regional activity (2.1): Analysis and typologies on laundering
the proceeds of corruption in transition economies – country
visit Ukraine
(Kyiv, Ukraine, 27 March 2013)
On 27 March 2013, the Project held meetings with the
representatives of the State Financial Monitoring
Service and the Prosecutor General’s Office of
Ukraine....
(read more)
PACS-Serbia: 1st Steering Committee Meeting
(Belgrade, Serbia 22 March 2013)
During February 2013, PACS project team held
bilateral meetings with the project counterparts -
Ministry of Justice and Public Administration,
Ministry of Interior, Supreme Court of Cassation,
High Judicial Council, Republic Public Prosecutorial
Office, State Prosecutorial Council, Academy of
Criminalistics and Police Studies and Judicial
Academy....
(read more)
EaP Facility/Corruption: Pilot Activities in Armenia (3.1): Manual for the Ethics Commission for High-Ranking Officials of Armenia on processing and verifying financial declarations; Workshop on good practices of verifying financial declarations
(Yerevan, Armenia, 20 March 2013)
The aim of these pilot activities is to assist the
newly established Ethics Commission for High-Ranking
Officials of Armenia with establishing a
verification procedure of income and asset
declarations of public officials in line with
international standards....
(read more)
EaP Facility/Corruption: Pilot Activity in Ukraine (3.6): Roundtable on liability of legal persons
(Kyiv, Ukraine, 5 March 2013)
For several years Ukraine has been trying to introduce liability of legal persons. On 5 March 2013, the Project organised...(read
more)
MOLI-Serbia:
Mock Trial Workshop
(Vrsac, Serbia,
18-22 February 2013)
MOLI-Serbia Project
organised a Mock Trial Workshop,
which took place from 18 -
22 February 2013, in Hotel
Srbija in Vršac, Serbia.
(read more...)
TYEC 2: Conference –
Consolidating Ethics in the
Public Sector in Turkey
(Ankara, Turkey, 12 February
2013
Strengthening the implementation of Code of Ethics
across the public sector and other issues concerning
ethics in public administration in Turkey was
addressed and discussed at a high-level conference
which was held on 12 February 2013, in Ankara.
(read more...)
January
- December 2012
March
- December 2011
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The
Council of Europe is pursuing a comprehensive approach against
corruption (AC) and money laundering (AML) by setting standards
in the form of conventions and "soft law" instruments (recommendations
and resolutions), and by monitoring their compliance with Council
of Europe and global standards through its monitoring mechanisms:
the Group of States against Corruption