Serbia and Montenegro are  thrifty in the fight against corruption. Luck of money and political will, as well as slow implementation of already existent laws in Serbia and Montenegro, are the biggest obstacles in the fight against corruption, it is cited in newly published Report on Program against Corruption and Organised Crime of  Council of Europe. Those are the main reasons why Serbia and Montenegro, together with B&H, come to the forefront list of the countries in Western Balkan  that would  need the  fight against corruption. 

It is illustrative that the Government of Serbia  has assigned only 12 millions dinars in this year, in support of the work of Council for the Fight  against Corruption,  whereas  on the sponsorship for the Trumpheters gathering in  Guča, that last only 7 days, from State cash register  went out   entire 10 millions dinars. 
In Serbia still there is no any improvement in fighting  corruption, agreed  Mrs.Verica Barać Head of Council for the Fight against Corruption.

-  The Government of Serbia has no clear position concerning anticorruption fight. National strategy and adequate laws don’t exist, on the contrary, everyone  is looking  to his own single interest –firms Mrs. Barac outlining that it has been  shown that “System corruption is un-punishable and very profitable”    

As she said  to confirm the fact that neither one bigger case related to corruption, domestic Judiciary has never processed, neither any sentence was brought, so the raising question is what are actually  doing Prosecutor’s Office and UBPOK. 

- Up to know we have delivered  reports  to the Government about  violation of laws  and possible corruption with  concrete names of participants in Sugar scandal, privatisation of „Sartid“, „Jugoremedija“, Institute of Veterinary , „Mobtel“, problem  of „National Saving Bank “  but, still we haven’t received  any answer, neither Public Prosecutor’s Office took any step toward resolving the problem   -  she pointed out . 

 Such statistic put us in the position far way from Albania,  who PAKO praised for improvements in  the Report on the Current State of  the Corruption in Balkan countries.  Namely, Albania contrary from Serbia and Montenegro, processed 443 cases with elements of corruption only during the  last year. That is significant difference from 2000. when there was not  present any case of  that kind. 

 Mrs. Barac expects that significant improvement in the fight against corruption will be achieved  after  adoption of National strategy, that  is expected   to be approved by Serbian Parliament  in  autumn, but she reminds that minister of Justice has  corrected the draft in the paragraphs related to institutions  that would be in charge for controlling  the implementation. – The working group that will work on draft it has just formed, so is uncertain when it will pass the law. – consider Mrs. Barać. 

In the Report PAKO praised Albania, while Croatia  has been criticized  because of the  “lack of ethic and accountability in the public administration” although is stated that in Croatia the percent of corruption is the lowest in the Balkan. Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia and B&H got critics because of the lack of political will and insufficient investment to the fight against corruption,  with remark that neither one country will be the member of EU in near future.