Mar242022

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participates in a Crime Prevention Conference in the instrumental public sector

Valencia, March 24, 2022.- The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participated on March 24 in the Conference on “Prevention of crime in the instrumental public sector” organized by the Conselleria d’Hisenda de la Generalitat Valenciana.

The day had experts in the legal field, integrity and cybersecurity was followed by more than 70 people in person and by another 300 did it virtually.

The day was inaugurated by the Minister of Finance and Economic Model, Vicent Soler and Isabel Castelló, general director of Public Sector and Heritage of the Generalitat Valenciana. The first of the interventions was carried out by José Manuel García Duarte, general director of Information and Communications Technologies and Carmen Serrano Durbá, general subdirectorate of Cybersecurity who addressed the novelties in cybersecurity in a high-risk context such as the current one, as well as the professionalization in which cyberthreats have evolved.

Adrián Todolí, professor of labour law and social security at the University of Valencia, in his speech analysed the latest changes in labour regulations from the perspective of public and private law.

On behalf of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, the head of the Prevention Service, Irene Bravo, participated, who explained the benefits of integrity plans for the instrumental public sector since it allows detecting risks and implementing strategic planning. He also released the Guide that the Agency has prepared along with other materials to help public institutions develop their public integrity plans.

The Director of Analysis and Investigation of the Agency, Gustavo Segura, also participated in the conference, who spoke about the complaint mailboxes, as well as the possibility of presenting anonymous complaints, as one of the most effective instruments in the fight against fraud and corruption.

The director of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, was in charge of the closing of the day and pointed out that “the organization of this type of conference in collaboration with other institutions, such as in this case with the Conselleria d’Hisenda, allow us to find spaces to debate and reflect on the importance that ethics and public integrity have in the work carried out in our public administrations”.

“The existence of complaints boxes where people can warn about actions constituting fraud and corruption, and the adoption of prevention mechanisms so that they do not occur, are the pillars where this framework of public integrity should be based,” Llinares added.  

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.