PROJECT DURATION: 15.11.2023-14.11.2025
PROJECT COST: EUR 37,522.00
DONOR: European Union’s Internal Security Fund (ISF)
CONTACT PERSON: Jēkabs Kārlis Rasnačs
Delna implements the project in cooperation with the Secretariat of Transparency International, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain chapters.
The aim of the project is to promote the European Union’s (hereinafter – EU) fight against cross-border corruption. The project partners are driven by a shared commitment across the EU to remove obstacles to the effective prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of corruption and related money laundering.
To this end, the project sets three interrelated goals:
1. The project will help to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to track illicit money flows using company data. Partners will collect data, assess gaps, compare regulations and practices across countries, and advocate for more effective access and use of data.
2. The project will also contribute to strengthening the investigative and criminal prosecution capabilities of institutions in combating cross-border corruption.
3. In the next steps, the project will aim to remove the identified obstacles and improve cooperation between competent authorities across the EU. This will be done by initiating and facilitating exchanges with and between institutions and their EU counterparts, as well as with companies and independent experts.
The project will improve the EU’s ability to fight against corruption, money laundering and organized crime, it will contribute to the elimination of the shortcomings that allow the circulation of illegally obtained funds.
IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT
- Improving understanding of available data and gaps, including its use to prevent and detect corruption and financial crime;
- Strengthen EU member states’ ability to detect, investigate and prosecute cross-border corruption;
- Improve cooperation between competent authorities to promote a common EU approach to reducing cross-border corruption.
PUBLICATIONS
- Blog article (in English), “WHO AND HOW MAINTAINS LATVIA’S ASSET REGISTERS? MOST IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS FROM THE SEMINAR“, 2025;
- Blog article (in Latvian), “WE INVITE YOU TO THE SEMINAR “WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF HIGH-VALUE ASSETS IN LATVIA?””, 2025;
- Blog article (in Latvian), “ON THE DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN THE LATVIAN LEGAL SYSTEM REGARDING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING EFFORTS“, 2024;
- Blog article (in Latvian), “LATVIA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN RULE OF LAW“, 2024.
More information about the project can be found here->.
Funded by the European Union’s Internal Security Fund. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. European Union can’t be held responsible for them.
