ZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatia's justice ministry on Friday forwarded to the government a project urging the establishment of a corruption and organised crime prevention office, Minister Stjepan Ivanisevic told a new conference on
Friday. According to the project, the office would operate as part of the State Prosecutor's Office, pooling state attorneys and expert associates who, in cooperation with special police units, should halt corruption and organised crime. According to Ivanisevic, the investigating and legal component of fighting the underground and corruption would remain under the jurisdiction of the Zagreb County Court, where a special department for this sort of crime would be established. "Corruption and organised crime are a devastating force in the establishment of the rule of law. Owing to the inability of previous institutions in preventing them, it has been decided to establi
ZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatia's justice ministry on Friday
forwarded to the government a project urging the establishment of a
corruption and organised crime prevention office, Minister Stjepan
Ivanisevic told a new conference on Friday.
According to the project, the office would operate as part of the
State Prosecutor's Office, pooling state attorneys and expert
associates who, in cooperation with special police units, should
halt corruption and organised crime.
According to Ivanisevic, the investigating and legal component of
fighting the underground and corruption would remain under the
jurisdiction of the Zagreb County Court, where a special department
for this sort of crime would be established.
"Corruption and organised crime are a devastating force in the
establishment of the rule of law. Owing to the inability of previous
institutions in preventing them, it has been decided to establish a
special office, modelled on Germany and Italy," said the minister.
The office with about two dozen employees could start working early
next year, he added. It is necessary to pass regulations and earmark
about six million kuna in next year's budget.
Ivanisevic said the Italian justice minister, with whom a bilateral
accord on the prevention of organised crime and corruption was
signed, extended assistance in establishing the office.
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