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Comparison of countries
Bulgaria
Croatia
Indices
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Overall Score:
42 out of 100
Rank:
78 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
106 out of 141
The Rule of Law Index 2022
Overall Score:
0,55 out of 1
Rank:
60 out of 140
Open Budget 2021
Overall Score:
71 out of 100
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
90 out of 150
Rank:
58 out of 135
Index of Public Integrity
Overall Score:
7,06 out of 10
Rank:
43 out of 114
TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2021
Overall Score:
47 out of 100
Rank:
63 out of 180
Financial Secrecy Index 2022
Rank:
100 out of 141
The Rule of Law Index 2022
Overall Score:
0,61 out of 1
Rank:
47 out of 140
Open Budget 2021
Overall Score:
64 out of 100
Global Right to Information Rating
Overall Score:
126 out of 150
Rank:
9 out of 135
Index of Public Integrity
Overall Score:
7,24 out of 10
Rank:
38 out of 114
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
UN
GRECO
Bulgaria
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2000.
  • The fourth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
Croatia
The United Nations (UN)
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO)
  • GRECO’s member since 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2000.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2011.
Main Legislation
Bulgaria

  1. Criminal Code: Articles 282, 283, 283a, 301-307a
    (Наказателен кодекс: Чл. 282, 283, 283а, 301-307a), (Bulgarian).

  2. Law on Administrative Offenses and Penalties: Chapter 4 – Administrative penalties against legal entities and sole traders
    (Закон за административните нарушения и наказания: Глава четвърта – Административнонаказателни санкции спрямо юридически лица и еднолични търговци), (Bulgarian);

  3. Law on Civil Servants
    (Закона за държавния служител), (Bulgarian).

  4. Law on Countering Corruption and Forfeiture of Illegally Acquired Assets
    (Закон за противодействие на корупцията и за отнемане на незаконно придобитото имущество), (Bulgarian).

  5. Code of Conduct for Public Officials
    (Кодекс за поведение на служителите в държавната администрация), (Bulgarian).

Croatia

  1. Criminal Code: Articles 131, 251-254, 291-296, 339
    (Kazneni zakon: Članci 131, 251-254, 291-296, 339​), (Croatian);

  2. Act on the Responsibility of Legal Persons for Criminal Offences
    (Zakon o odgovornosti pravnih osoba za kaznena djela), (Croatian/English);

  3. Civil Servants Act
    (Zakon o državnim službenicima), (Croatian/English);

  4. Act on Preventing the Conflict of Interest in the Exercise of Public Office
    (Zakon o sprječavanju sukoba interesa), (Croatian);

  5. Law on the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime
    (Zakon o Uredu za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian/English);

  6. Code of Ethics of Civil Servants
    (Etički kodeks državnih službenika), (Croatian).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Bulgaria
  1. National Council for Anti-Corruption Policy
    (Национален съвет по антикорупционни политики към министерския), (Bulgarian);
  2. Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegall Property
    (Комисия за противодействие на корупцията и за отнемане на незаконно придобитото имущество), (Bulgarian);
  3. General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministries of the Interior
    (Главна дирекция борба с организираната престъпност Министерства на вътрешните работи), (Bulgarian).
Croatia

  1. Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime
    (Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian);

  2. Office for Countering Corruption, Directorate for European Affairs, International and Judicial Cooperation
    (Ministarstvo pravosuđa, Uprava za europske poslove, međunarodnu i pravosudnu suradnju, Sektor za suzbijanje korupcije), (Croatian);

  3. Commission on Conflict of Interest
    (Povjerenstvo za odlučivanje o sukobu interesa), (Croatian);

  4. Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime​
    (Policijski nacionalni ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), (Croatian).

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