The EU Anti-Corruption Report is a European Commission proposal to publish a bi-annual Anti-Corruption Report to monitor and assess the efforts of Member States of the European Union in tackling corruption.
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The proposals suggest that starting in 2013 the non-binding report will act as a monitoring mechanism which according to Cecilia Malmström the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, will be capable of identifying “failures and vulnerabilities across the 27 EU Member States”. The proposals indicate that the monitoring mechanism will engage with existing European and international initiatives including the European Council’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO); the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC); and the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. Each Member State will also have a designated “research correspondent” who will work on the ground and report back to an expert group. The EU will also draw upon the work carried out by existing agencies such as the European Anti-Fraud Office and EUROPOL.