Hunting corruption: What investigative journalists must do

Independent Commission Against Corruption7th Symposium

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

2019 WJP Rule of Law Index:

SERBIA 0.50 78 2BiH 0.53 60 1N. Macedonia 0.54 56 4Croatia 0.61 42 4

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

The Balkans (South-East Europe) in 2019:

score Global rank(out of 126)

Global rank change

SERBIA 90

Bosnia and Herzegovina 63

Republic of North Macedonia 95

Croatia 64

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Reporters without borders :2019 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

out of 180 countries

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Reporters without borders :2019 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

SERBIA 90

no law examining the origin of officials’ property

tenders / public procurement system are affected by corruption, or avoided --- no bidding, no competition, no public dispute

FOIA is almost destroyed – state vs. state (Commissioner for Information of Public Importance vs. Republic Public Prosecutor)

Legalized bribe for doctors through Law on Health Care – allowed giving up to an average national salary (462€)

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Let’s see what’s happening…

ON THE STREETS:One of the Five MillionRally

Photo taken on April 13, 2019;by Beta/Emil Vaš

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Meanwhile in the country of „golden age“:

IN MEDIA:

Maja Pavlović was onhunger strike for 23 days.

Meeting the Prime Minister, photo taken on May 07, 2019

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

ACAS – the Anti-Corruption Agency

The Anti-corruption Council

Prosecutor’s office

What are anti-corruption guys doing?

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

What are investigative journalists doingto discover corruption

?

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

We make games.

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

Sometimes even do their jobs.

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

We write about those who should regulate.

Milica Šarić, editor-in-chief,Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

And so on...

Thank you for attention

and most of all - support.

Milica Šarić, Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia

milica@cins.rs