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The ECCD publishes the 2022 Highlights report
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) publishes its annual Highlights report for 2022. Overall, in 2022, the ECCD implemented technical assistance and co-operation actions in 33 jurisdictions, supporting their efforts to address corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing,...
Council of Europe launches an e-course on Introduction to Corruption Prevention
On 26 April 2022, the Council of Europe held an online event to launch the e-course on ‘Introduction to Corruption Prevention’. The course aims to support the understanding of preventive tools for a greater awareness of the integrity standards that apply to public officials. It puts in the...
The Russian Federation is excluded from the Council of Europe
In an extraordinary meeting on the morning of 16 March 2022, the Committee of Ministers decided, in the context of the procedure launched under Article 8 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, that the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe as from that date, after 26...
Supporting EU Member States in the area of anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing
In June 2021, the Council of Europe and the European Commission Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) have officially launched the implementation of four new joint Actions within the “Support to EU Member States in the implementation of reforms under the Technical Support...
Analysis and recommendations on FIFA transfer system
In 2020, FIFA requested the Council of Europe to cooperate in drafting FIFA’s “Transfer System Reform”, on the basis of Council of Europe’s normative framework and the specific experience of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). Within the framework of this cooperation, the Secretariat...
Online workshop on the methodology for assessing virtual assets’ risks
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division is developing a methodology to identify and assess the national risks related to virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, in accordance with the FATF requirements for risk assessment and particularly with the new FATF Recommendation 15 and...
Online Forum: Controlling Corruption Risks in Crises Settings
On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division of the Council of Europe held an online forum “Controlling Corruption Risks in Crises Settings”. The event brought together high-level officials, anti-corruption experts and representatives of...
Announcing the new ECCD Newsletter
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new ECCD quarterly Newsletter. Starting from the 15th of October 2020, the Newsletter will provide you with regular updates on ECCD activities in the areas of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and combatting terrorist financing. Subscribe to learn...
ECCD publishes a comprehensive resource on liability of legal entities for corruption offences
Taking into account years of work on introducing liability of legal entities in different jurisdictions, the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) has published a manual on “Liability of Legal Persons for Corruption Offenses” which presents in a synthetized way the knowledge and...
The ECCD publishes the 2018 Highlights report
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) publishes its annual Highlights report for 2018. The Highlights cover the implementation of ECCD actions and projects across 27 jurisdictions, reflecting the wide support provided by the ECCD to beneficiaries and partners working to combat...
ECCD presents its cooperation activities on ethics, integrity and conflict of interest to the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG)
The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) presented its efforts towards strengthening ethics and integrity in the public and the private sector to the Working Group on Public Ethics of the European Committee on Democracy and Governance (CDDG). The presentation demonstrated the efforts...