Number of specialist gardaí tasked to corruption inquiries ‘insufficient’, European Commission report says
The European Commission said shortages of gardaí and other staff in anti-corruption units meant complex investigations could not be completed swiftly
The number of forensic accountants needed to be “significantly increased” to make up the current shortfall in expertise, the commission report said. “The lack of resources and specialisation remains a challenge in investigating and prosecuting corruption cases,” it said. The report from the commission, published on Wednesday, examined anti-corruption efforts and the rule-of-law in all 27 EU countries.
At the moment there was one sergeant and four gardaí working in a dedicated anti-bribery and corruption unit in the GNECB. “This allocation is considered insufficient by the police to conduct complex investigations in a timely manner,” the commission report said.
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