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Reporting Suspected Frauds and Corruption Ing. Želmíra Hybská Central Contact Point for OLAF Section of Control and Fight against Corruption Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic
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Resolution of the Slovak Government No. 1133 of 28 November 2001 on the establishment of the Central Contact Point for OLAF in the SR established: 1 January 2002 legal framework Central Contact Point for OLAF AFCOS SR
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co-ordinating service for fighting against frauds in Slovakia – AFCOS ensuring and co-ordinating the protection of financial interests of the EU in the Slovak Republic co-ordinating the activities of the AFCOS network partners on the national level providing assistance to OLAF: - contact point for OLAF in the SR - providing support in administrative investigations - collecting and reporting irregularities - other tasks (GAF, COCOLAF, OAFCN) Tasks of the Central Contact Point for OLAF
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carrying out controls treating the submissions providing information on the protection of financial interests of the EU to the public training activities on the protection of EU’s financial interests conceptual, methodological and legislative activities in the field of the protection of EU’s financial interests
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Basic document approved by Resolution of the Slovak Government No. 547 of 27 June 2007 updates: in 2009 and 2012 Parts of the National Strategy - Manual for the Cooperation of AFCOS Network Partners - Manual for Reporting Irregularities - Action Plan to the National Strategy for the protection of EU’s Financial Interests on the Slovak Republic National Strategy for the Protection of EU’s Financial Interests in the Slovak Republic
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Objectives of the National Strategy to ensure a consistent protection of the EU’s financial interests in the SR as required by Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU to increase public trust in the Slovak Republic’s institutions and bodies to assure the public that the money of the EU and the money of its taxpayers are spent and used properly
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prevention detection and investigation corrective action and sanctions Pillars of the National Strategy
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for more information see: http://www.olaf.gov.sk/http://www.olaf.gov.sk/ reporting through e-mail: nezrovnalosti@vlada.gov.sk, afcossr@vlada.gov.sknezrovnalosti@vlada.gov.sk afcossr@vlada.gov.sk reporting in writing to: Úrad vlády SR Sekcia kontroly a boja proti korupcii Odbor Centrálny kontaktný útvar pre OLAF Námestie Slobody 1 813 70 Bratislava 1 Slovenská republika reporting personally Reporting suspected frauds and irregularities
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Calendar year Number of submissions How individual submissions were treated Handled by CCP OLAF Audit Authority Procurement Office National Criminal Agency/ Prosecutor’s General Office Supreme Auditing Office Other state administration body 200822 200910334 20101951148 2011444483124 201252116728 20136416871230 2014 by 12/03/2014 72113 Overview of submissions
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Analysis provided information Identification of the competent authority Retrospective check of the selected solution Treating the submissions Related to the EU fund? - Control by the Slovak Government Office - Control or investigation by other body - Control by the Slovak Government Office - Control or investigation by other body Feed-back given to the reporting subject
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Reporting irregularities at the national level in SF and CF Detected irregularity Beneficiary Managing authority Intermediate body Paying agency Certifying authority Certifying authority (Section for EU Funds, the Finance Ministry) Auditing Authority and cooperating bodies Supreme Auditing Office of the SR, Public Procurement Office and Slovak Government Office Audit EC, EDA a external auditors Unit Central Contact Point for OLAF of the Section for Control and Fight against Corruption (Slovak Government Office) OLAF EC
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Reporting irregularities to OLAF Calendar year Total numberOf which Irregularities resulted in criminal prosecution Reporting Irregularities in the reporting Initial reporting New irregularities IRQ3IRQ5 20111441 0621101861 1 20123374852282986 0 20133404531752125 0 Total:821200051369612 1
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Reporting of suspected crimes E-mail box for reporting suspected crimes affecting EU’s financial interests – the box set up by National anti-Corruption Service in cooperation with CCP OLAF infoirq@minv.skinfoirq@minv.sk Calendar year 201120122013 Number of reported cases 4026 Of which Unsubstantiated infromation 3022 Substantiated information 104 Prosecution initiated 101
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Criminal proceedings201120122013 Order issued to open judicial enquiry 507764 Order to bring charges (number of criminal acts) 405133 Number of persons charged with offences 566546 Discontinued prosecution 61922 Number of cases completed by conviction 232732 Overview of criminal proceedings
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Corruption – submissions in writing Calendar year Submissions Forwarded to Anti-Corruption Service/National Criminal Agency Forwarded to other body Deferred 201184203529 201247102710 20133318510 Total:164486749 Submissions in writing: By regular post: Office of the Goverment of the Slovak Republic e-mail to bpk@vlada.gov.skbpk@vlada.gov.sk
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Corruption – anti-corruption line set up in May 2011 at Information Centre of the Slovak Government Office, as of 1/1/2013 operational at the Control and anti-Corruption Unit telephone number: 0850 111 001 operational on working days from 8:30 to 14:30 partially charged - phone calls within Slovakia as well as local calls for reporting suspected corruption
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Anti-Corruption Line – overview of suspicions Overview from 18/05/2011 to 31/12/2013 Calendar year Total number of suspicions of which anonymous Of total: Forwarded to National Criminal Agency (Anti- Corruption Service) Forwarded to other public administration bodies Deferred 201113449313271 2012 257105 2013 ----- Total: 1595641373781
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Thank you for your attention Ing. Želmíra Hybská Head of Unit Unit Central Contact Point for OLAF Section for Control and Fight against Corruption Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic Námestie Slobody 1 813 70 Bratislava Tel. 02/572 95 587 e-mail: zelmira.hybska@vlada.gov.sk
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