Can ‘reinsert’ corrupt officials back into society?
May 18, 2021 · Spain Turns to Corruption Rehab for Officials Who Can’t Stop Stealing. Con artists and swindlers have long captured headlines in Spain. Now the …
Will psychiatrists make a breakthrough in the fight against corruption?
May 17, 2021 · Spain moves to corruption rehabilitation for officials who can not stop stealing. World. 18/05/2021. Updated: 18/05/2021. CORDOBA, Spain – Carlos Alburquerque is not your typical rehab candidate. He is a 75-year-old grandfather living in Córdoba, a city in southern Spain. He was a city notary before retiring in 2015.
How can we stop corruption?
May 17, 2021 · CÓRDOBA, Spain — Carlos Alburquerque isn’t your typical rehab candidate. He’s a 75-year-old grandfather residing in Córdoba, a metropolis in southern Spain. He was a city notary earlier than he retired in 2015. He hasn’t touched medication or alcohol in years. However his isn’t your typical rehab program: It’s an 11-month boot camp to reform […]
Can Spain’s ‘Concon’ rehabilitation program ‘reinsert’ corrupt officials?
May 21, 2021 · By Nicholas Casey Carlos Alburquerque isn’t your typical rehab candidate. He’s a 75-year-old grandfather living in Córdoba, a city in southern Spain. He was a town notary before he retired in 2015. He hasn’t touched drugs or alcohol in years. But his isn’t your typical rehab program: It’s an 11-month boot camp to reform corrupt Spanish officials and “reinsert” them …
Who is the king's brother in law?
There is the king’s brother-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, the handsome Olympic handball player and former Spanish duke who is serving a nearly six-year fraud sentence and participating in the program. Francisco Correa, a businessman in the Gürtel case, was also entered.
Where is Carlos Alburquerque?
CORDOBA, Spain – Carlos Alburquerque is not your typical rehab candidate. He is a 75-year-old grandfather living in Córdoba, a city in southern Spain. He was a city notary before retiring in 2015. He did not touch drugs or alcohol for years.
1. End impunity
Effective law enforcement is essential to ensure the corrupt are punished and break the cycle of impunity, or freedom from punishment or loss.
2. Reform public administration and finance management
Reforms focussing on improving financial management and strengthening the role of auditing agencies have in many countries achieved greater impact than public sector reforms on curbing corruption.
3. Promote transparency and access to information
Countries successful at curbing corruption have a long tradition of government openness, freedom of the press, transparency and access to information. Access to information increases the responsiveness of government bodies, while simultaneously having a positive effect on the levels of public participation in a country.
4. Empower citizens
Strengthening citizens demand for anti-corruption and empowering them to hold government accountable is a sustainable approach that helps to build mutual trust between citizens and government.
5. Close international loopholes
Without access to the international financial system, corrupt public officials throughout the world would not be able to launder and hide the proceeds of looted state assets. Major financial centres urgently need to put in place ways to stop their banks and cooperating offshore financial centres from absorbing illicit flows of money.
