Jan252021

The President Morera and the Director of the Anti-Fraud Agency analyze the progress against corruption and the recovery of the reputational credit of Valencian institutions

Valencia. January 20, 2021. The President of the Valencian Corts, Enric Morera, this morning received the Director of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, Joan Llinares, to talk about work and the advances of an agency that has been a pioneer and leader in the Spanish State. Among other issues, the President of the Autonomous Chamber and the head of the anti-fraud entity have analyzed the incidence of the entity’s work in the transposition of European regulations to the internal sphere of the Valencian administration and also to companies.

In the words of President Morera, “the agency created in the last legislature has taken very important steps and has positioned us as the leading autonomy in the prevention of corruption and fraud in the institutions. In fact, we have to bear in mind that with the creation of the agency we were three years ahead of the European standard in this regard and we continue to be the guide for anti-fraud agencies throughout the state. ” Along these lines, the President of the Corts considers it very important that the agency guarantees the protection of witnesses who denounce corruption.

The Director of the Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, recalled that the body he directs has been the forerunner of the creation of a network of Spanish agencies and that they work very closely with the European network, EPAC-ACN. All these actions, in the words of President Morera, “have contributed a lot to the recovery of the reputational credit of Valencian public institutions. As proof, in the last Memory of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Valencian Community, presented in the Corts, there is a notable drop in crimes in the public sphere ”.

In today’s meeting, aspects that can improve the accessibility and democratic quality of Valencian institutions have been analyzed. Also, the Director of the Anti-Fraud Agency has informed President Morera that he plans to present the 2020 report to the Corts during the month of April of this year.

Jan122021

The World Compliance Association and the Valencian Antifraud Agency sign an agreement to collaborate in the fight against fraud and corruption

Valencia, January 12, 2021.- The World Compliance Association (WCA) and the Valencia Antifraude Agency (AVAF) have signed a collaboration agreement by which both entities establish a collaboration framework for carrying out training activities, transfer of knowledge and preparation of guides and manuals in the prevention and investigation of bad practices in public administrations and compliance with corruption.

Both entities have already collaborated on previous occasions such as the celebration in November 2020 of a seminar for the association by the director of the Agency, Joan Llinares.

This agreement seeks that both organizations work together to expand the culture of compliance through the development of activities such as training programs, the organization of events and workshops, and the promotion of issues related to the technological, social and scientific field. in the fight against corruption and the implementation of compliance systems.

The World Compliance Association (WCA) is an international association formed by professionals and organizations with the aim of promoting, recognizing and evaluating compliance activities, understood as those tools that allow correct protection against possible crimes and infractions.

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Jan112021

New edition of Docufòrum organized by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency

On January 8, a new edition of Docufòrum was held, organized by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency. This Docufòrum activity was aimed at students in the fourth year of the Degree in Journalism, specifically in the subjects of Political Communication and Public Opinion, and Ethics and Professional Deontology.


The documentary, “Corruption: harmful organism”, around which the debate is articulated, gathers numerous doctrinal and civic contributions in matters of public ethics and citizen participation, it focuses on the account of the personal and professional circumstances of whistleblowers who have denounced irregularities and corruption cases. The exemplary value of these stories is a good pedagogical instrument to publicize the phenomenon of corruption, also closely linked to the function of protecting the whistleblower legally attributed to the Agency.


At the end of the documentary, the students took part in a final round table with the participation of Carmen López Rico, assistant professor of the Department of Social and Human Sciences in the area of ​​political science and administration, of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences and Lis Gaibar, doctoral student at the UMH with technicians from the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency.