Vigila Perú, Reportes nacionales 1, 2 y 3 (National reports 1, 2 and 3) (Lima: Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana, 2003), www.participaperu.org.pe Proética (TI Peru): www.proetica.org.pe Notes 1. CERIAJUS supported the proposal, but the commission for restructuring the judicial system – which looks at all aspects of judicial reform, not just judicial administration – argued in favour of the existing system of self-regulation. 2. Some of the most notorious cases involve the national intelligence council (which is currently being reorganised), and political interference in the media and the judiciary. 3. For the most part these allegations have not been confirmed by official investigations, with the exception of the case of César Almeyda, a friend of the president’s and former chief of the national intelligence council who has been in prison since February 2004 for business dealings with the Fujimori corruption racket. 4. Global Corruption Report 2004. 5. See, for example, a study by Proética on the health and education departments of the Lambayeque regional government, César Guzmán Valle, Diagnóstico de la organización de la documentación en el gobierno regional de Lambayeque, available at www.proetica.org.pe 6. Vigila Perú, Reportes nacionales (National reports) (Lima: Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana, 2003), www.participaperu.org.pe 7. II encuesta nacional sobre corrupción (Second national corruption survey) (Lima: Apoyo Opinión y Mercado, 2004).
Poland Corruption Perceptions Index 2004 score: 3.5 (67th out of 146 countries) Conventions: Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption (ratified September 2002) Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ratified December 2002) OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (ratified September 2000) UN Convention against Corruption (signed December 2003; not yet ratified) UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (ratified November 2001) Legal and institutional changes • In September 2003 a law creating Voivodship tax administrative bodies and amending other laws entered into force. The law on tax control was amended by specifying groups of persons obliged to submit annual property and income declarations. The specified groups include tax inspectors, employees of tax offices and customs officials. Monitoring is the responsibility of an office within the finance ministry. By increasing the transparency of the personal finances of administrative officers, the law should reduce the incentive for tax and customs officers to abuse their position by demanding bribes. • Also in September 2003 the lower house of parliament adopted legislation on military service (which entered into force in July 2004), which prohibits professional soldiers from holding positions in companies or foundations, and from earning money for advisory
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