Corruption: Achievements and Difficulties Experienced in the Czech Republic (From Responding to the Challenges of Corruption, P 113-115, 2000, Anna A. del Frate and Giovanni Pasqua, eds. -- See NCJ-184664)

• NCJ Number: 184673
• Author(s): Jaroslav Zverina
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 3 pages
• Sale Source: United Nations Publications; United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Italy

Annotation

This chapter discusses the Czech Republic's efforts against corruption.

Abstract

The Czech program, which gives priority to corruption in the public sector, includes: (1) improved and better defined police powers to fight corruption; (2) changes in the legal framework of the taxation and fees administration; (3) recodification of private law; (4) adherence to the Treaty on Combating Corruption of Foreign Officials in Economic Relations; (5) criminal liability for failure to notify and prevent corruption-related offenses; (6) changes in the conditions for applying repentance in bribery cases; (7) speeding up and simplification of pretrial procedure legislation; (8) analysis of the possibility and appropriateness of adopting invasive methods for detecting criminal activities; (9) a new law to protect witnesses; (10) a freedom of information law; (11) greater transparency in financing political parties; (12) changes in regulations granting immunity to Members of Parliament; and (13) new legislation for the state auditing system with stricter sanctions for failure to implement audit results. References