Corruption in Croatia

In order to qualify as a member of the European Union, Croatia has taken measures to combat corruption. The legal and institutional framework as well as government agencies are addressing the issue of corruption in a much larger scale, and the inter-agency cooperation for corruption prevention has also increased.[1] USKOK has prosecuted 2,000 individuals and achieved a 95% conviction rate (2012), including former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.[2]

Several civil servants in the Croatian Privatization Fund, the Zagreb land registry and the Zagreb taxation headquarters, among others, were arrested on charges of bribery. Moreover, several high-profile corruption cases have come to light, including investigations of a former defence minister and a former deputy prime minister.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Transformation Index 2014". The Bertelsmann Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Kuris, Gabriel (7 August 2015). "The Little Anti-Corruption Agency That Could". Foreign Policy.
  3. ↑ "Croatia Corruption Profile". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
A world map of the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International
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