Mar302026

The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency delivers the 2025 Report to the president of Les Corts

Valencia, 30 March 2026.- The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF) has presented its 2025 Activity Report, a year in which the anti-fraud control system of the Valencian Community has been strengthened: the entry into force of Law 5/2025, which has consolidated the AVAF as the Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers (AIPI) of the Valencian Community.

 

Record number of complaints. During 2025, the AVAF registered the highest number of complaints in the Agency’s history: 845 cases; an increase of 49.8% compared to 2024. This figure alone represents a quarter of all complaints received by the Agency in its eight years of existence.

 

Shock Plan. To deal with this volume of complaints and also to deal with the accumulated unresolved files, the AVAF has implemented a Shock Plan aimed at reducing deadlines and optimising the operational load, ensuring a rigorous technical-legal analysis. The Shock Plan has slowed down the increase in complaints to be resolved in previous years, has reduced pending complaints by 40%, has raised the total cases definitively resolved to 81.4% and has reduced the time for analysing new complaints from 16 months to just one.

 

Profile of the investigations and anonymity. The local administration concentrates 56% of the complaints. The most reported matter continues to be human resources management with 264 cases. However, there is an increase in the category of individuals and the private sector according to Law 2/2023 as a result of the entry into force of Law 5/2025, of 30 May: complaints from this group account for 18% of cases (139), almost a fifth of the total.

 

Anonymity is confirmed as the main tool for filing complaints, accounting for 72% of complaints (566 cases). In addition, through the Complaints Mailbox, which guarantees encryption and confidentiality in a reinforced way, 712 of the communications received were channeled.

 

Whistleblower protection. Since its creation, the Agency has recognised the protection status of 37 people (36 natural and 1 legal), of which 30 will remain in force at the end of 2025. The AVAF, in 2025, has intervened in serious cases of institutional harassment, achieving the cessation of reprisals in sectors such as the instrumental public and the university. In addition, the Whistleblower Protection Statute has been strengthened, assuming the defense of the workers’ compensation of whistleblowers against possible retaliation.

 

Prevention and external projection. The paradigm shift, in the preventive field, entails the new capacity to carry out preventive consultations (Art. 5 bis), which allows officials and authorities to consult files in process, before a final resolution is issued, to help deactivate irregularities before they crystallize into administrative or criminal offenses.

 

The AVAF has strengthened its presence in global strategic forums in 2025 to turn integrity into a vector of transformation. These actions include: 1) the development of integrity metrics through the LOCRIiS project with the OECD; 2) the standardization of the fight against corruption through the Hague Declaration 2025 (EPAC/EACN), and 3) the harmonization of whistleblower protection in the NEIWA network.

 

Registry of Heads of the Internal Information System (RSII). The Registry of Heads of the Internal Information System (RSII) has 752 registrations from the private sector and 485 from the public sector.

 

Training and culture of public integrity. 3,190 people, mostly civil servants and university students, have participated in 55 activities of the Agency, during 212 teaching hours. 90% of all AVAF training since its creation has been concentrated in the last five years (2021-2025), consolidating its role as a factor of cultural change in Valencian administrations.

 

Democratic integrity and efficiency. The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, also converted into an Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, has reinforced during 2025 the technical and professional foundations of its function of fraud control and prevention in the Valencian Community.

 

You can consult the 2025 Annual Report at the following link:

https://www.antifraucv.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Memoria_Avaf_2025_es.pdf

Mar182026

Whistleblower protection authorities meet in compliance with Law 2/2023

Barcelona, 18 March 2026.- The Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community (AVAF) has participated in the coordination session of the independent whistleblower protection authorities established by Law 2/2023, of 20 February, regulating the protection of people who report regulatory breaches.

 

In addition to the AVAF, the meeting was attended by the state-owned Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, the Office of Good Practices and Anti-Corruption of the Autonomous Community of Navarre, the Andalusian Office against Fraud and Corruption, the Galician Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, the Independent Authority on Corruption of Castilla y León,  the Council of Transparency and Good Governance of Castilla-La Mancha and the Council of Transparency and Data Protection of the Community of Madrid.

 

During the meeting, the authorities discussed the status of the processing of the draft of the Organic Law on Public Integrity and the need to establish common criteria for the consistent application of Law 2/2023. Among other issues, the competence model of the different independent authorities, the ways of exercising the sanctioning power, the protection of whistleblowers and the procedures for notifying the people responsible for the internal information systems were discussed.

 

The competent authorities in the field of whistleblower protection have held their biannual cooperation meeting at the headquarters of the Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia, in a hybrid format: face-to-face and telematic. This meeting marks the beginning of a stable calendar of periodic meetings that will take place on a rotating basis in different autonomous communities.

 

Article 42.3 of Law 2/2023 establishes that “the presidency of the Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, A.A.I. shall convene, on its own initiative or when requested by another authority, the regional authorities for the protection of whistleblowers to contribute to the consistent application of the regulations on the protection of whistleblowers. In any case, semi-annual cooperation meetings will be held”.

 

The article adds that “the presidency of the Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, A.A.I. and the regional authorities for the protection of whistleblowers may request and facilitate the mutual exchange of information necessary for the fulfilment of their functions. Likewise, they may constitute working groups to deal with specific matters of common interest and establish common guidelines for action”.

Mar92026

The AVAF expands its AVAF-INAP course to 20 hours and 100 places in the face of high demand

Valencia, March 9, 2026.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) has concluded the 8th edition of the course “Prevention of corruption in public administrations”, included in the training plan of the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP).

 

Held from February 9 to March 9, 2026, the course has had 100 participants, 20 more than in the previous edition, with the aim of responding to the growing interest in integrity training. In this call, the course taught by the AVAF has received more than 870 applications, consolidating itself as a benchmark in the field.

 

As the main novelty, this edition has extended its duration to 20 hours of training, thus reinforcing the depth of the content offered.

 

Since its first edition in October 2021, this course has been designed and tutored by the AVAF within the INAP’s continuous professional development program, in online mode.

 

The training combines weekly synchronous sessions that promote interaction and the exchange of experiences among students, from institutions such as the Independent Authority for the Protection of Whistleblowers, the National Commission on Markets and Competition, FOGASA, INE, the Cervantes Institute, the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, the National Civil Guard Police, the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, and the Independent Reporting Authority.  as well as various public universities, government delegations, ministries and city councils, such as those of Mazarrón, Palmar de Troya, Murcia, Cabre, among others.

 

The teaching team has been made up of Anselm Bodoque, head of the technical cabinet and studies, Pilar Moreno, Marita Oliver and Mayte López, as training technicians of the Area of Training, Participation, Communication and Relations with other entities of the AVAF.

 

The alliance between INAP and AVAF continues to advance in its commitment to promote a culture of integrity in public institutions, contributing to the professionalization and improvement of management in the Spanish public sector.

 

For the second consecutive year, the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency will offer two editions of this course due to its high demand. After receiving more than 850 applications in this call, the institution plans to maintain this line of training reinforcement in future editions.