Integrity Toolkit

Germany

Corruption and economic crime reporting platform, with the possibility to report and communicate anonymously

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Corruption and economic crime damage companies and the general public.

For more than 10 years there has been a tried and tested possibility of submitting reports on the Internet and communicating anonymously with the officers of the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) Lower Saxony. Around 2,600 whistleblowers have already made use of this.

The Internet-bases communication platform BKMS® Incident Reporting provides the possibility of anonymous reporting of suspected corruptions and economic crimes and to communicate with the police case handlers while staying completely anonymous.

The system only accepts and processes corruption and economic crime reports, such as fraud, breach of bookkeeping duties, corruption, embezzlement, copyright infringement, competition offences and bankruptcy offences. All other reports are automatically rejected and the reporting person gets informed about alternative reporting channels (e.g. nearest police station). The system also informs the reporting person about the possible “key offence” arising from the content of the report.

One of the main strengths of the system is the possibility to set up an individual anonymous mailbox, where employees of the LKA Lower Saxony can give feedback on what is happening with the report or ask you questions if details are still unclear. The reporting person is still granted anonymity.

The platform can be accessed via the Website of the LKA Lower Saxony or directly  via https://www.bkms-system.net/bkwebanon/report/clientInfo?cin=lka149ni&c=-1&language=ger

Corruption Prevention / Risk Analysis Rhineland-Palatinate

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The integrity of the public administration is of central importance for a state governed by the rule of law. Corruption can cause great damage and seriously affects the reputation of the state. The state government of Rhineland-Palatinate is therefore actively trying to prevent corruption in the administration. Rhineland-Palatinate takes full action against corruption, to ward off damage to the state and to protect its reputable contractual partners.

The main elements of the program for the prevention of corruption are set out in an administrative regulation issued by the state government on January 22, 2019. The website provides the administrative regulation with its annexes, guidelines and Q6A.

The guideline for risk management corruption was introduced with the 2019 administrative regulation. A flowchart for risk analysis corruption can be found via the website as well as excel sheets and templates to conduct the necessary risk analysis (Attachment 1 to Annex 1)

Die Integrität der öffentlichen Verwaltung ist für einen Rechtsstaat von zentraler Bedeutung. Korruption kann großen Schaden anrichten und beeinträchtigt das Ansehen des Staates erheblich. Die rheinland-pfälzische Landesregierung versucht daher aktiv, Korruption in der Verwaltung zu verhindern. Rheinland-Pfalz geht konsequent gegen Korruption vor, um Schaden vom Land abzuwenden und seine seriösen Vertragspartner zu schützen.

Die wesentlichen Elemente des Programms zur Korruptionsprävention sind in einer Verwaltungsvorschrift der Landesregierung vom 22. Januar 2019 festgelegt. Auf der Website finden Sie die Verwaltungsvorschrift mit ihren Anhängen, Richtlinien und Q6A.

Der Leitfaden zum Risikomanagement Korruption wurde mit der Verwaltungsvorschrift 2019 eingeführt. Über die Website finden Sie ein Flussdiagramm zur risikoanalyse sowie Excel-Tabellen und Vorlagen zur Durchführung der notwendigen Risikoanalyse (Anlage 1 zu Anhang 1)