Four Out Of 23: Malta Fails At Implementing Majority Of Anti-Corruption Recommendations
Malta has only implemented four out of the 23 recommendations drafted by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) – the European Council’s anti-corruption body – meaning that the country has effectively failed the assessment.
“GRECO concludes that Malta is not in sufficient compliance with the recommendations contained in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report,” the entity wrote in its latest compliance report.
GRECO issued the recommendations back in 2019 and these were adopted by the board of the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination. However, only four have been completely adopted, while ten have been partially implemented and nine have not been addressed at all.
The board’s own recommendations have still not been implemented almost three years later, according to the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation.
The recommendations that have been applied include those concerning:
- Operational independence and political neutrality within the Police Force
- The use of special investigative techniques for corruption cases
- Regulation of lobbying
- Regulation of side activities of top government executives
- Extending and proactively monitoring asset and interest
- Declarations of top government executives and any persons they appoint on the basis of trust.
GRECO has now requested that the head of delegation of Malta provide a progress report on the implementation of the outstanding recommendations “by 31st December 2024 at the latest”.
To learn more about which of these recommendations Malta has implemented, check out the Critical Angle Project’s navigation tool.
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