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  GRECO publishes evaluation report on preventing corruption and promoting integrity at local level in Estonia

  GRECO

  April 10, 2026

  In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), acknowledges Estonia’s progress in preventing corruption and promoting integrity at local level, while recommending further measures on anti-corruption policy, ethics, transparency and accountability. The evaluation process included an on-site visit in April 2025 during which GRECO’s evaluation team engaged with a wide range of national and local stakeholders in the municipalities of Tallinn and Tartu.

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  Investigation Podlimit: Nine Czech companies under scrutiny in large-scale import fraud case involving Chinese goods

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  April 10, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 10 April 2026) – At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Liberec (Czechia), multiple searches and investigative measures were conducted today in Czechia and Slovakia, in a probe into suspected large-scale customs fraud and VAT evasion involving the imports of textiles, shoes and e-commerce goods from China into the EU.

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  Treasury Launches Cybersecurity Information Sharing Initiative for the Digital Asset Industry

  US Department of the Treasury

  April 9, 2026

  WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) announced a new initiative to strengthen cybersecurity across the digital asset industry. The initiative will provide timely, actionable cybersecurity information to eligible U.S. digital asset firms and industry organizations, helping them better identify, prevent, and respond to cyber threats targeting their customers and networks. The effort advances a key recommendation from the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets report, Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology.