Mar242022

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency arrives at the International University of Valencia with a debate on corruption and its consequences

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The first AVAF university Docufòrum was held at the International University of Valencia with third-year students of the Business Administration Degree.

The AVAF develops training actions to offer knowledge and civic awareness, especially to future professionals, and foster a culture of prevention and fight against any conduct that encourages corruption.

On this occasion, the activity, carried out online, has taken place in the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of the International University of Valencia with students of the Tax Management II subject.

In the first session of the Docufòrum, the students had seen the documentary “Corruption: Harmful Organism”, and, in the second, answering the questions raised by the documentary, the head of the AVAF Training Service, focused the intervention in the origin and causes of corruption, the effect and collective costs that it generates (economic, in institutional quality and in public morals), the perception of corruption in our society and with respect to other countries in our environment, what to do in cases of corruption.

During the debate with the students, issues such as public ethics and integrity, anti-corruption public policy strategies, social and criminal punishment in cases of corruption, as well as the functions and work of the Valencian Agency were also discussed. Anti fraud.

The students also asked about the differences that exist in European countries in the fight against and perception of corruption, in the regulatory development of the Valencian Community in the matter in recent years, and in the relationship that may exist between tax offenses and fraud and public corruption.

This activity has been organized in collaboration with the International University of Valencia, which we thank for its interest and willingness to help create a culture of public integrity and rejection of fraud and corruption.

If you are a University, Secondary or Baccalaureate teacher and you are interested in having the training activity “Docufòrum: Corruption, harmful organism” carried out in your subject, do not hesitate to contact the Valencian Agency Training Service Anti-fraud through formacio@antifraucv.es.

Mar232022

The director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency have signed an agreement to extend the framework collaboration agreement

The director of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, Miguel Ángel Gimeno, and the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have signed an agreement to extend the framework collaboration agreement that both institutions have maintained since 2018.

This agreement aims to maintain a permanent channel of collaboration and communication to improve efficiency in meeting objectives of common interest. Among other actions framed in this collaboration agreement are the sharing of information and practical experiences in the prevention and detection of corruption, the promotion of integrity and transparency both bilaterally and within the framework of the different forums in which both institutions participate.

Mar222022

The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency debates with the students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia

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On March 21, a new university docufòrum of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency was held. On this occasion, the activity took place in the Hall of Degrees of the Faculty of Law of the University of Valencia, with second-year students of the double degree in Law and Criminology, with the assistance of 72 students of the subject of Constitutional Law II, of which Vicenta Tasa Fuster and Diego González Cadenas are professors.

After seeing the documentary “Corruption: Harmful Organism”, the students take part in the training experience, through reflections and questions that refer to its origin and the causes of corruption, the effect and collective costs it generates in economic terms, institutional quality and public morality.

On this occasion, the director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF), Joan Llinares, led the debate with the students, answered their doubts and insisted on the need to advance in public ethics and integrity, claiming the value and importance of society civil society and citizenship in the fight against corruption.

Likewise, in the debate, it was highlighted that in order to fight against corruption it is necessary to break with a law of silence and complacency that is socially deeply rooted and it is necessary to be very aware that corruption eliminates the rights and opportunities of a life worthy of citizenship. And, in the same way, the importance of prevention and of a framework of integrity was underlined because corruption encounters greater difficulties, and because a new ethical culture can emerge in social terms.

The students have shown interest in anti-corruption measures at different levels: regional, state and European, as well as the causes and consequences. Many of the questions have also focused on the functions of the AVAF and showed concern about the current regulatory systems to fight corruption. Issues that have served to explain the policies and measures to combat corruption and the progress made in the Valencian Community in recent years, as well as all the work that remains to be done in the social and institutional sphere.

The AVAF develops training actions to offer knowledge and civic awareness, especially to future professionals, and foster a culture of prevention and fight against any conduct that encourages corruption.

This activity has been organized in collaboration with the University of Valencia, to which we thank for their interest and willingness to help create a culture of public integrity and rejection of fraud and corruption.

If you were a university, secondary or high school teacher and you are interested in the “Docufòrum” training activity, based on the audiovisuals of the Corruption Agency: harmful organism, Conflict of interest or Planning, being carried out in your subject, do not hesitate to contact the Training Service of the Valencian Antifraud Agency through formacion@antifraucv.es.