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We are delighted to announce that Dr. Costantino Grasso - our Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, who serves as an Associate Professor in Business and Law at Manchester Law School and as an International Anti-Corruption Expert for the Council of Europe, was interviewed yesterday during the program "How far-reaching is the European Parliament corruption scandal?" by TRT World within their program The Newsmakers.
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT World) is a Turkish public broadcaster, which broadcasts in English 24 hours a day and is available in 190 countries worldwide reaching more than 260 million homes and 1.2 billion individuals.
The interview focused on The #EU #Parliament #corruption #scandal, which is shaking the European Union. Senior MEPs are alleged to have taken cash from foreign countries (including Marocco and Qatar), and in return, they’re accused of peddling influence on behalf of their donors. As a result, four people are under arrest, others are under investigation, and the impact could be far-reaching.
The other guests of the interview were Peter Wilding, who is a Former Adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron, and Youcef Bouandel, who serves as an International Affairs Professor at Qatar University.
During the interview, which can be accessed at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUhVaVzCOPY, Dr. Grasso focused, among other things, on several crucial issues including:
the inadequacy of the Rotten-Apple approach;
the lack of culture and political willingness affecting anti-corruption efforts and investigations;
the importance of using intrusive investigative techniques (such as phone tapping and audio surveillance) that are the most effective in detecting corrupt practices;
the compelling need for a legal change that will allow the criminalization of endemic forms of corrupt practices such as nepotism, asynchronous exchanges, unreciprocated but corrupt granting of favors, and unethical lobbying practices that, although commonly not investigated, are extremely detrimental to the economy, the well-functioning of the state, and the democratic process;
the exigency of implementing effective transparency measures, especially in relation to financial flows and beneficial ownership;
the pressing necessity for the introduction of incentives and efficient forms of protection for whistleblowers, leakers, and other persons that can assist us to unveil corrupt practices.
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