International Seminar of the services ascertaining conflicts of interest of the Danube region states
at June the 28th – 29th, 2012
in Sofia
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program
1. facts and figures to corruption situation
2. legal situation according corruption crimes
3. corruption prevention in the Federal Police
a) overview of the Federal Police
b) strategy and selected actions
facts and figures to corruption situation in Germany
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Corruption situation in Germany
yearly report of corruption situation in Germany by Federal Criminal Police Office (=Bundeskriminalamt – BKA)
considered the corruption situation in every state and every part of public administration
report only reflects on the known facts of corruption crime
(„dark field problem“/ control-crime / no direct victim similar to crime involving narcotic drugs)
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Corruption situation in Germany
1.649
211
1.609
184
1.599
255
1.808
213
1.904
254
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Numbers / Trend of preliminary proceedings 2005 - 2009
total number thereoff situationally corruption
source: Federal Criminal Police Office; Corruption Report 2009
14.689
1.643
6.895
1.776
9.563
1.478
8.569
2.529
6.354
1.385
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Trend of corruption crimes 2005 - 2009
corruption crimes so connected crimes
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Corruption situation in Germany
source: Federal Criminal Police Office; Corruption Report 2009
1%2%
5%
15%
46%
37%
48%46%
policy
law enforment / justiceauthority
economy
general public administration
Priorities of corruption
2009 2008
legal situation according corruption crimes in Germany
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prescriptions
German criminal code
for example §§ 331 – 335 StGB
Federal Government Directive Concerning the Prevention of Corruption in the Federal Administration (see below)
Recommendations for Corruption Prevention in Federal Administration (see below)
authority specific prescriptions
general
specific
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basic standards for federal administration
Federal Government Directive Concerning the Prevention of Corruption in the Federal Administration
• basic standards for measures of corruption prevention in
the Federal Administration
• areas of activity especially vulnerable to corruption
• transparency and the principle of greater scrutiny
• contact person for corruption prevention
• staff awareness and education
• basic and advanced training
• Conscientious administrative and task-related supervision
• notification and action in case of suspected corruption
• Guidelines for awarding contracts
• Anti-corruption clause
• sponsoring
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basic standards for federal administration
Recommendations for Corruption Prevention in Federal Administration
• recommendations are a help for execution of the directive and the elaboration of the anti corruption measures
• the Ministry of Interior decreed: The recommendations are mandatory for Federal Police. Federal Police has to put the recommendations into practice.
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next to authority specific prescriptionsalso thematic specific prescriptions
Code to the Convention on combating
bribery of foreign public officials in
international business transactions
IntBestG
EU – Bribery ActEU-BestG
Law of federal executivesBBG
Administrative procedural law
VwVfG
Income Tax ActEStG
Regulation of taxation
AO
General terms an conditions of the government purchasing authority of the Federal Ministry of the InteriorAGB des BeschA BMI
corruption prevention in the Federal Police
a) overview of the Federal Policeb) strategy and selected actions
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a) overview of the Federal Police special polices with specific tasks
16 federal states (Bundesländer) every state has its own Police
the federation has only special polices with specific tasks• Federal Police• Federal Crime Police Office• Costume Crime Police Office
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NW
BW
NIBE
HE
SNRP
BB HH ST SH THMV
SL HB BKA ZKA
BPOLBY
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
35.000
40.000
45.000
50.000
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a) overview of the Federal PoliceFederal State Police and Federal Police
BPOL = 13,5% of all polices
police officer
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a) overview of the Federal Police history and tasks
March the 16th, 1951 Founding as Federal Border Guard July the 1st, 2005 renaming in Federal Police tasks according to legal basis Bundespolizeigesetz
§ 10 Support of
Federal Office for the protection of the constitution
§ 10 Support of
Federal Office for the protection of the constitution
§ 11Support of afederal state
§ 11Support of afederal state
§ 12 Prosecution of
crime
§ 12 Prosecution of
crime
§ 13 Prosecution ofadministrative
offence
§ 13 Prosecution ofadministrative
offence
§ 7 Case of crisis and defense
§ 7 Case of crisis and defense
§ 6 Naval Tasks
§ 6 Naval Tasks
§ 5 Protection of
Federal Constitutional Bodys
§ 5 Protection of
Federal Constitutional Bodys
§§ 4, 4a Aviation Security
§§ 4, 4a Aviation Security
§ 3 Railway Police
§ 3 Railway Police
§ 8 Commitment in
foreign countries
§ 8 Commitment in
foreign countries
§ 9 Support of otheradministrations
§ 9 Support of otheradministrations
§ 2 Border Police
§ 2 Border Police
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a) overview of the Federal Police equipment
Vehicles 6405 Helicopters 72 Ships / Naves 18 K 9 (dogs) 560 Chargers (horses) 40
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b) strategy and selected actionsWhen think about anticorruption…
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b) strategy and selected actions workflow conditions & two-man-rule
Transparency and the principle of greater scrutiny
no officer concludes an initiated process of his own, especially measures of procurement, budgeting etc.
mutual control of several officers involved
arrangements for co-signing
using of IT-workflows, which allow each of the processing steps only after the fulfillment of defined conditions
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b) strategy and selected actionsworkplace analyses
for every workplace in Federal Police checked and noticed, if the tasks at this workplace are vulnerable, not vulnerable or especially vulnerable to corruption
analysis of the positions which are especially vulnerable to corruption and evaluation, if anti-corruption measures are sufficient
if necessary, initiation of further measures or even rotation of workplaces or tasks
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b) strategy and selected actions rewards and gifts
§ 71 Law of Federal Executives
principally it is forbidden to accept rewards, gifts or benefits for exercising duties• for one selves or thirds• to accept or demand
exception: approved gifts• approval must be made in advance• responsibility for approval clearly established• gifts with little substantive value (about 25 €) are approved, but
must be indicated
acceptance of cash is strictly forbidden
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b) strategy and selected actions sponsoring
sponsoring is possible for public relations, but not for enforcement tasks (this is the legal order)
even in public relations restrictive handling• approval only by the Ministry of the Interior• uniform procedure of application and approval (for example by
specimen of a sponsoring contract)
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b) strategy and selected actions difference rewards and gifts to sponsoring
recipient of rewards and gifts are individual employees
recipient of sponsoring is the authority itself
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b) strategy and selected actions staff awareness and education
corruption prevention is part of basic training
implementation of project days
specific advanced training-courses for• employees with positions which are especially vulnerable to
corruption• for executives• for contact persons• internal auditors
advanced training as part of the regular staff awareness for every employee
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b) strategy and selected actions staff awareness and education
•Korruption schadet allen.
•Korruption beschädigt das Ansehen des Staates und seiner Beschäftigten.
•Korruption ist kein Kavaliersdelikt; sie führt in die Strafbarkeit.
•Korruption fängt schon bei kleinen Gefälligkeiten an.
•Korruption macht abhängig.
•Korruption macht arbeitslos.
Korruptionsprävention
S T O P
•Ablehnende Haltung verdeutlichen und Vorbild sein.
•Korruptionsversuche sofort abwehren und Vorgesetzten / Ansprechperson (vertraulich) informieren.
•Auf Überprüfbarkeit der eigenen Arbeit achten und in heiklen Situationen Zeugen hinzuziehen.
•Dienst- und Privatleben trennen, um eine Kollision von privaten Interessen mit Dienstpflichten zu vermeiden.
•Korruptionsaufklärung und Antikorruptionsmaßnahmen unterstützen.
•Regelungen für Belohnungen & Geschenke beachten und immer bei der Ansprechperson anzeigen.
•Entsprechend fortbilden lassen.
Ihre örtliche Ansprechperson für Korruptionsprävention: Vorname + NachnameVorwahl + Durchwahl
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b) strategy and selected actions yearly report
yearly report to the Federal Ministry of the Interior about• suspicion cases• actions of staff awareness and education• the result from the workplace analyses• actions as consequence of the result from the workplace
analyses• “Whistleblowing” cases
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b) strategy and selected actions local contact persons for corruption prevention
tasks according to Nr. 5 of the Federal Government Directive Concerning the Prevention of Corruption in the Federal Administration
Federal Police Headquarter acquired a conception for contact persons to consider the framework conditions of Federal Police (= specific implementation)
contact persons for all Federal Police Inspections / authorities
specification of tasks
cooperation with executive departments for internal auditing
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b) strategy and selected actions local contact persons for corruption prevention
promotion example: integration in rewards and gifts
International Seminar of the services ascertaining conflicts of interest of the Danube region states
Thank you for your attention!