Operational capabilities of the Anticorruption General Direction (AGD)

Project completed

The project was aimed to strenghten the operational capabilites of the Anticorruption General Direction (AGD) of the Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI) of the Government of Romania by modern equipment and training of investigative teams. The project was part of the thematic fund security in Romania. Further information about this fund can be found among the additional information on the very bottom of this page.

 

Country/region Topic Period Budget
Romania
Enhanced security and safety
Combating corruption and organised crime
01.03.2012 - 31.08.2013
CHF  273’500
Target groups

Staff of Ministry of Administration and Interior

Activities The objectives have been achieved by strengthening the technical capacity of investigative teams to perform efficient undercover investigations (see result 1), by securing the IT and Communication systems that need upgrading to ensure that field operations can take place safely (see result 2) and by equipping the crime analysis teams with minimum statistical package to perform statistical analyses included in their general studies and discover crime patterns and series (see result 3).
Results

Achieved results:  

  • Increase of cases transferred by AGD to prosecution by 17%
  • The needed surveillance equipment supplied, installed and effectively used
  • The needed IT&C equipment supplied, installed and effectively used
  • Ensuring the technical support for carrying out diagnosis studies on corruption aspects

 

 


Directorate/federal office responsible SDC
Credit area Swiss Contribution to the enlarged EU
Project partners Contract partner
Private sector


Budget Current phase Swiss budget CHF    273’500 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    0
Project phases Phase 22 01.10.2017 - 31.08.2019   (Completed) Phase 21 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2018   (Completed) Phase 20 01.03.2016 - 30.09.2019   (Completed) Phase 19 02.05.2016 - 28.02.2019   (Completed) Phase 18 01.09.2014 - 30.06.2017   (Completed) Phase 17 14.11.2014 - 31.08.2018   (Completed) Phase 16 01.02.2014 - 31.07.2015   (Completed) Phase 15 01.09.2014 - 28.02.2019   (Completed) Phase 14 01.03.2013 - 30.06.2018   (Completed) Phase 13 01.03.2013 - 30.11.2015   (Completed) Phase 12 01.11.2012 - 30.06.2018   (Completed) Phase 11 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2013   (Completed) Phase 10 01.04.2012 - 30.06.2017   (Completed) Phase 9 01.04.2012 - 15.06.2014   (Completed) Phase 8 01.03.2012 - 31.03.2018   (Completed)

Phase 7 01.03.2012 - 31.08.2013   (Completed)

Phase 6 01.03.2012 - 15.11.2014   (Completed) Phase 5 01.03.2012 - 30.06.2018   (Completed) Phase 4 01.03.2012 - 30.09.2019   (Completed) Phase 3 01.03.2012 - 30.07.2015   (Completed) Phase 2 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2017   (Completed)