Jun212023

The protection and support measures for whistleblowers, the participation of the AVAF in the DeBlanc Chair at the UV

Valencia.- June 20, 2023

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency participated in the course Relevant aspects in criminal matters of the new regulation of reporting channels in the Spanish legal system of the Deblanc Chair of the University of Valencia.

Joan Llinares, director of the Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption of the Valencian Community, presented the conference on the Protection and support measures for whistleblowers provided for in Spanish and regional regulations. The protection authority, highlighting during its intervention that Law 2/2023 represents a turning point in Spanish legislation, called to change the country’s culture of public integrity.

The course addressed some of the debates that arise, in criminal matters, on the occasion of Law 2/2023, of February 20, regulating people who report regulatory infractions and the fight against corruption. The participating speakers were Pablo Ponce Martínez. prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community; José León Alapont, assistant professor of Criminal Law at the University of Valencia, and Andrea Andreu Gutiérrez, doctoral student at the University of Valencia.


The University Chair of the application of statistical, economic and machine learning methodologies for the detection of financial crimes and money laundering (Deblanc Chair) of the University of Valencia and the Ministry of Justice, Interior and Public Administration, has as its main objective to assist technically to judges and prosecutors of the Valencian Community in the fight against financial-economic crimes and money laundering or corruption. To achieve this objective, the Chair contributes to the training of university students and personnel linked to the administration of justice in the fight and detection of economic crimes and money laundering, offering assistance and training by qualified personnel in economic and accounting matters, financial, statistical and machine learning.

 

Jun212023

More than 130 people participate in the training on the institutional ethics system of the Valencian Community of the AVAF

#TrainingAVAF

The Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) continues to be interested in collaborating in the integrity training of public employees of the Valencian Community.

The local entities and public institutions that sign the functional collaboration protocols have been the recipients of the online conference “The AVAF and the institutional ethics system of the Valencian Community” organized by the AVAF Training Service.

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, over two hours, the 134 participants had the opportunity to learn more about the institutional integrity system in the Valencian Community and the figure of the Agency, led by Anselm Bodoque Arribas, head of the Service of Formation of the AVAF.

The importance of prevention and training as tools against corruption was the focus of the intervention of Pilar Moreno García, an AVAF training technician.

The AVAF reporting mailbox as an external mailbox for public sector entities was presented by Marita Oliver Carbonell, AVAF training technician.

The professional profile of the person in charge of the internal information system of public entities, as well as its management, were some of the doubts and questions raised by those attending the #FormaciónAVAF.

Public employee personnel from the municipalities of Gata de Gorgos, Alfàs del Pi, Riba – Roja del Túria, Dénia, Càrcer, El Puig, Alcudia, Puçol, Eslida, Tavernes de la Valldigna, Rafelguaraf, Valencia, as well as from Infraestructures I Serveis De Telecommunications I Certification S.A.U. (ISTEC), Valencian Society for Comprehensive Emergency Management (SGISE), and Valenciana D’aprofitament Energètic De Residus, SA (VAERSA) among others, participated in the training activity.

If you wish to have specialized training in integrity and corruption prevention in your public administration, do not hesitate to write to formacion@antifraucv.es

Jun202023

The Attorney General’s Office and the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency strengthen the fight against corruption

Madrid, June 19, 2023.- The Attorney General of the State, Álvaro García Ortiz, and the directors of the anti-fraud agencies and offices of different autonomous communities, including that of the Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency, Joan Llinares, have signed on Monday a collaboration agreement that aims to strengthen the fight against corruption. The other signatories are the heads of the anti-fraud agencies of the Balearic Islands, Cristóbal Milán; Catalonia, Miguel Ángel Gimeno; and Andalusia, Ricardo Puyol.

The agreement, which has an initial validity of four years, is part of a strategic plan to fight corruption and fraud promoted by the Attorney General’s Office. Its objective is to establish lines of collaboration between the signatory institutions in those areas in which the competences normatively attributed to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and to the Anti-Fraud Offices or Agencies converge.

In this way, when any of the signatory Offices or Agencies are aware that the facts they are examining or have been able to examine may be related to the facts being investigated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, they will interrupt their proceedings and make available to the Prosecutor the information they have, in addition to providing the necessary assistance.

On the other hand, and without prejudice to the functions attributed to the Court of Auditors and to the bodies with administrative-sanctioning competence, when as a result of its investigations the Public Prosecutor’s Office obtains indications of the commission of facts that could constitute an administrative offense, it will transfer them to the Anti-Fraud Agencies and will make available the necessary documentation for its action. Cases in which the secret processing of the proceedings is necessary in order not to prejudice the investigation are excluded.

Likewise, if on the occasion of its intervention in a judicial procedure in which it is a party, the Public Prosecutor’s Office concludes that the facts incur administrative irregularities, in addition to procedurally positioning itself urging what is appropriate, it will request the judicial body to send testimony of sufficient background to the anti-fraud agencies, which in turn will inform the Prosecutor’s Office of the result of their actions. All this with the exception of the cases in which the secret processing of the proceedings is necessary.

Anti-fraud bodies shall support the Public Prosecutor’s Office through opinions, reports or other technical actions as necessary. In addition, the Attorney General’s Office and anti-fraud agencies will organize training activities aimed at the staff of the signatory institutions and will collaborate in the protection of whistleblowers, witnesses and experts in accordance with the current legal framework.