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FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION: THE LITHUANIAN WAY

This document explores the factors, decisions, challenges, dilemmas, and priorities in Lithuania's fight against corruption. It highlights the impact of external and internal factors, the crucial decision-making processes, and the importance of coordination and education in tackling corruption. The text delves into the challenges faced, such as political will, legal frameworks, and public support, and discusses dilemmas related to perception, shadow administration, and strategic stability. Finally, it emphasizes priorities like combating political and administrative corruption, increasing accountability, and enhancing education and judicial systems to effectively address corruption in the country.

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FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION: THE LITHUANIAN WAY

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  1. FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION: THE LITHUANIAN WAY

  2. CONTENTS • Factors • Decision • Challenges • Dilemmas • Priorities

  3. FACTORS

  4. FACTORS • External • globalisation • fall of the Berlin Wall • diffusion: East – West • Internal • freedom • procedures • mentality • integration into the EU, NATO

  5. CONCLUSIONS • Corruption becomes a global concern • “Young” democracies: favourable conditions for corruption • “Old” democracies: unprepared for a new challenge • Compatibility of the young and the old: a generation gap • Untraditional thinking • Pro-active systems, quickly responding to changes and changing the environment for their own benefit

  6. DECISION

  7. ANTI-CORRUPTION SYSTEM C O R R U P T I O N CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PREVENTION EDUCATION STT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT PARLIAMENT GENERAL PUBLIC

  8. Special Investigation Service (STT) • Independent body • Independent investigations • Three equally important pillars: • criminal prosecution • prevention • education • Co-ordinating body

  9. DIRECTIONS

  10. CO-ORDINATION Sectors STT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

  11. STT STRUCTURE

  12. CHALLENGES

  13. CHALLENGES • Political will • Strategy • Legal framework • Structure • Personnel • Resources • Public support • Unrealistic goals and expectations

  14. DILEMMAS

  15. DILEMMAS • Perception or reality? • Public or shadow administration? • Bad or good? • Tactical stability or strategic instability?

  16. Perception or reality? Action Perception Actual level of corruption The level of corruption posing no danger to the state Time Suspension

  17. Public or Shadow Administration? • Bribes: • help solve problems • I gave them and will continue to give • great effectiveness • future generation • Effective system of shadow administration: • uses public resources • unbound by legislation • rapid • service-orientated (helping a person) • Competition: the most effective wins

  18. Good or Evil? • mentality of transitional period • statistical citizen • distorted system of values • alienation of the state and citizen

  19. Tactical Stability or Strategic Instability? REALITY + “CATALYSTS” = PERCEPTION • REALITY: • HUGE CORRUPTION • INEFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION • “CATALISTS”: • MENTALITY • MASS MEDIA • OUTCOME: • BAD STATE = CORRUPT STATE • DISTRUST OF THE MAIN STATE INSTITUTIONS • HIGH CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX

  20. Tactical Stability or Strategic Instability? • CONSEQUENCES: • ACTION INFLUENCES BY PERCEPTION • SYSTEM IS UNSTABLE • SMALL FINANCIAL OR CONCEPTUAL INJECTION INTO ELECTIONS MAY FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE DEPLOYMENT OF POLITICAL FORCES • INCREASING THE RISK OF STATE CAPTURE

  21. PRIORITIES

  22. PRIORITIES • Political corruption • Administrative corruption • Increasing liability • Education • Courts • EU Anti-Corruption Network

  23. POLITICAL CORRUPTION • Political party funding: ideas or money? • Legally-based influence: lobbying or influence? • Codes of conduct for politicians: conduct or ethics?

  24. ADMINISTRATIVE CORRUPTION • Transparent and effective procedures: • collision: citizen vs state • inventory of procedures • audit • Anti-corruption review of legislation • One-stop-shop principle: • minimum information • minimum time period • minimum price • clear and strict consequences

  25. INCREASING LIABILITY • Criminal liability • Civil liability • Administrative liability • Codes of conduct • Moral values

  26. CRIMINAL LIABILITY • Necessary but insufficient tool • Specific corruption investigation tools: • effective intelligence • whistleblower/informant • criminal conduct simulation model • technical means • databases

  27. CIVIL LIABILITY • Assets recovery system: • criminal liability:confiscation • civil liability:recovery • tax liability:taxes • Living within one’s means • Target: property or a person? • Burden of Proof: citizen or a state?

  28. EDUCATION • Corruption is a threat • Civic society

  29. COURTS • A problem of transitional period • Damaged courts: toothless law enforcement • Courts or investigators?

  30. EU EFFORTS • Two processes: two networks • anti-corruption • assets recovery • Effective tools: • to curb global corruption • to strengthen national bodies • to reduce dependency on local authorities

  31. CONCLUSIONS

  32. CONCLUSIONS

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