On the Frontline against Corruption

Why should I report corruption?

This will enable the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to

• Investigate corruption and forward cases to the Attorney General's office for prosecution of the suspected corrupt individuals.
• Recover corruptly acquired assets and have them forfeited back to the state.
• Examine the practices and procedures of public bodies and prevent occurrence of corrupt practices.
• Advise public institutions on how to fight corruption.
• Educate the public on the dangers of corruption.
• Enlist your support in fighting corruption and economic crimes.

How does the Commission protect whistleblowers?

• Section 65 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act protects informers who may assist the Commission in investigations.
• No action may be taken against informers for their assistance so long as the informer believes the information to be true.
• The identity of an informer is confidential and shall not be disclosed during court proceedings.

What are the steps in the report submission process?

If you would like to send a report either with your name or anonymously, click the “Submit a report” button at the top of our info page.

The reporting process consists of 4 steps:

1. First you are asked to read information on protecting your anonymity and to respond to a confirmation prompt.
2. On the next page you are asked for the topic of your report.
3. On the reporting page, phrase your information in your own words and select answers to questions about the case. You may use up to 5,000 characters in the free-text field, which corresponds to a full DIN A4 page. You may also attach small files up to 5 MB to support your report. Keep in mind that electronic documents may contain information about the author. After you send your report, you will receive a document number as proof that you have sent this report to EACC.
4. Set up your own, anonymous postbox. You will receive feedback from us, answer questions and be notified about the progress of your report via this postbox.

If you already have an anonymous postbox, you can reach this postbox directly via the “Login” button. Here as well, you must first respond to the confirmation prompt.

As long as you yourself do not input any data that allows conclusions be to drawn about your identity, the BKMS^® Incident Reporting protects your anonymity through the latest technological processes.

We are not interested in your personal information as the whistleblower, but rather on the case you are reporting. Irregularities should be exposed and financial damage averted.

How can I receive a reply, yet at the same time remain anonymous?

The utmost principle of the BKMS^® procedure used here is to protect the whistleblower. The functionality of anonymity protection is certified and you can check it at any time.

When you set up your anonymous postbox, you select a pseudonym and password yourself. Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other special security routines. You will never be asked for your personal information during the reporting process. As long as you yourself do not input any data that allows conclusions be to drawn about your identity, the BKMS^® Incident Reporting protects your anonymity through the latest technological processes.

You can additionally protect your anonymity by using a public PC (e.g., at an Internet café).

Via your anonymous postbox, the EACC will provide you with feedback about what is happening with your report or will ask questions if any details are still unclear. You will remain completely anonymous during the dialog as well. We are interested in reports so that we can avert damage, and not in your personal information as the whistleblower.