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The preventive role of the judiciary in protecting the financial interest of the European Union.
A comparative analysis for improved performance
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Transparency International Romania (TI-Ro)
is a nongovernmental organization whose primary objective
is to prevent and fight corruption on a national and international level, mainly through researching,
documenting, informing, educating and raising the awareness level of the public. TI-Ro was founded in
1999. That same year, Transparency International Romania was accredited as a national chapter of the
Transparency International movement.
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Victor ALISTAR
Authors
Irina LONEAN
Anastasia SOTIROPOULOU
Anna DAMASKOU
Rūta MRAZAUSKAITĖ
Paulius MURAUSKAS
Gaetano CITRO
Giorgio FRASCHINI
This research paper is the result of a project supported by the
European Union Programme Hercule III (2014-2020). This programme is implemented by the European
Commission. It was established to promote activities to combat fraud affecting the EU’s financial
interests, including cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting (for more information see
http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/about-us/funding/index_en.htm ).
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paper. All information was believed to be correct up to September 30
th
2017.
Nevertheless, Transparency International Romania cannot accept responsibility for the consequences of
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Bucharest, October 2017