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Asset declarations - an effective corruption prevention instrument in Southeast Europe or paper tiger?
- Source :
- IPF Notes; Mar2023, Vol. 16 Issue 130, p1-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In Southeast Europe countries (SEE) asset declarations are a strong, yet currently under-utilised instrument for preventing corruption and illicit financing among civil servants, and in particular among politically exposed persons (PEP). The media and civil society, along with international organisations, continuously investigate and report on the evident gaps between the living standards of politicians and their families on the one side and what they officially declare to the public as assets and income on the other. All SEE countries have in place a legal framework regulating asset declarations as part of their anti-corruption toolboxes. However, these regulations are rarely enforced in a consistent manner, and instead mostly result in short-lived annual scandals or occasional repression campaigns against political opponents. The aim of the present Note is to raise awareness of the public and decision makers about the loopholes in the procedures for verifying asset declarations and penalising irregularities in them and offer solutions for more efficient verifications in order to increase the liability of institutions and enhance the rule of law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ASSET management
INTERNATIONAL organization
RULE of law
LEGAL liability
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 27877639
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 130
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- IPF Notes
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164104759
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3326/in.2023.130