May182023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency provides training at the Center for Legal Studies

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Gustavo Segura, director of Analysis and Investigation of the AVAF, has participated in the course of the 61st promotion of access to the tax career on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

“Crimes against the Public Administration” has been the training module taught by the AVAF in which the participants have been able to learn in detail about this type of crime during the theoretical-practical phase of the course.

The 61st promotion is made up of 100 trainee prosecutors, 73 women and 27 men.

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency has been present in previous training courses for access to the tax career to publicize the role of offices and agencies in the fight against fraud and corruption, such as the round table held on June 1, 2022 in Madrid.

May172023

The Hay Derecho Foundation joins the Consell de Participació of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

Valencia, May 16, 2023.- The Consell de Participació of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency met in ordinary session and the Hay Derecho Foundation participated for the first time, which has joined as a member of the Agency’s participation body.

The Participation Council includes civic and social organizations, as well as individuals who stand out for their fight against fraud and corruption and for the promotion of ethics and public integrity.

In this meeting held at the headquarters of Les Corts Valencianes, the members of the Consell have been transferred the content of the Activity Report developed by the Agency during the year 2022.

The Report was presented on March 28 to the President of Les Corts, the Síndics and the members of the Mesa de les Corts, thus complying with the mandate contained in article 22 of Law 22/2016 on the creation of the Agency. Likewise, on April 19, the Report was also delivered to the President of the Generalitat.

Now it has been the turn of the Consell de Participació, and in this way, the people responsible for each of the areas of the Agency presented to the members of the Consell the activities and work carried out throughout the year 2022 responding to all the queries raised.

Once the Activity Report was exposed, the vice president of the Consell, Rafa Mauri, of the Observatori Ciutadà contra la Corrupció, proposed to the members of the Consell the organization of joint activities to involve the whole of society in the promotion and creation of ethics and public integrity, being summoned the members of the Consell to maintain contacts in this regard.

The Consell de Participació is made up  of the following organizations: Acción Cívica contra la Corrupción; Whistleblowers; Valencian Association of Consumers and Users (AVACU); Hay Derecho Foundation;  Baltasar Garzón International Foundation (FIBGAR); Foundation for Justice; Observatori Ciutadà contra la Corrupció (OCC); Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE); Plataforma Ciutadana Castelló per la Justicia i contra la Corrupció; Trade Union of Technicians of the Ministry of Finance (GESTHA); Tactical Whistleblowers; Transparency International Spain and World Compliance Association.

May152023

The Diputació de València and the Agency sign a collaboration protocol to implement the complaints box

Valencia, May 15, 2023.- The president of the Diputació  de València, Toni Gaspar, and the director of the Agency, Joan Llinares, have signed in the Plenary Hall of the Diputació a collaboration protocol thanks to which the prevention of fraudulent or corrupt behavior is reinforced as well as guaranteeing the protection of people reporting corruption.

One of the actions included in the protocol is the implementation, as an external channel of complaints of the Diputació de València, the mailbox of complaints of the Agency whose link will be included in a visible place on the website of the corporation.

Likewise, through this agreement the Agency will help the Provincial Council in the implementation of an internal complaints channel, which will have the figure of the person responsible for the system and which will have to be in operation before June 13 since this is the date given with the entry into force of Law 2/2023,  of 20 February, regulator of the protection of persons who report on regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption.