VILNIUS — To increase the effectiveness of the country’s corruption and financial crimes fighting divisions, the prime minister says the two bodies must learn to collaborate better.

Two weeks ago Romualdas Boreika, the head of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) resigned after being targeted by the minister of interior as a bottleneck for progress, alleging that Boreika was stifling investigations. Financial crime and corruption is perceived to be a serious problem in Lithuania by anti-corruption monitors and the general public, and stories of politicians caught in the act of committing graft are seen as [private_supervisor]regularly in the news as the latest weather forecast.

According to Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius part of the problems related to financial and economic crime are caused by the fact that the FNTT has a “monopoly” on information that is isn’t willing to share with the other bodies, hampering the prosecution of white-collar crime. The Special Investigations Service (STT) is another body in the country that investigates corruption, but the two bodies communicate little even though their work largely overlaps.

“Today we took a clear decision: the political will is still to legally tune the technical aspects. The STT and FNTT have access to research materials on various arrangements different to the tax inspectorate. Again different is the State Security Department,” Kubilius told reporters after a meeting with Cabinet.

Kubilius said this problem has been known to government for at least five years and that they have sought to remove the “monopoly” before.

Boreika resigned in March after being asked to leave by the Minister of Interior Raimundas Palaitis. He responded a week after the request with is resignation letter.

Following the meeting, justice minister Remigijus Šimašius warned that there would need to be serious thought put into the changes if they are to be secure and effective.

“The challenge today is how best to cooperate with intelligence. On the other hand, cooperation must be conducted so that the material wouldn’t move forwards and backward, without limitation. There shouldn’t be a single, large, general intelligence material warehouse, where anyone can access. If there were one, this means that some of the credibility aspects would decrease, and certain organizations could face legal problems,” Šimašius said. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]regularly in the news as the latest weather forecast.

According to Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius part of the problems related to financial and economic crime are caused by the fact that the FNTT has a “monopoly” on information that is isn’t willing to share with the other bodies, hampering the prosecution of white-collar crime. The Special Investigations Service (STT) is another body in the country that investigates corruption, but the two bodies communicate little even though their work largely overlaps.

“Today we took a clear decision: the political will is still to legally tune the technical aspects. The STT and FNTT have access to research materials on various arrangements different to the tax inspectorate. Again different is the State Security Department,” Kubilius told reporters after a meeting with Cabinet.

Kubilius said this problem has been known to government for at least five years and that they have sought to remove the “monopoly” before.

Boreika resigned in March after being asked to leave by the Minister of Interior Raimundas Palaitis. He responded a week after the request with is resignation letter.

Following the meeting, justice minister Remigijus Šimašius warned that there would need to be serious thought put into the changes if they are to be secure and effective.

“The challenge today is how best to cooperate with intelligence. On the other hand, cooperation must be conducted so that the material wouldn’t move forwards and backward, without limitation. There shouldn’t be a single, large, general intelligence material warehouse, where anyone can access. If there were one, this means that some of the credibility aspects would decrease, and certain organizations could face legal problems,” Šimašius said. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]regularly in the news as the latest weather forecast.

According to Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius part of the problems related to financial and economic crime are caused by the fact that the FNTT has a “monopoly” on information that is isn’t willing to share with the other bodies, hampering the prosecution of white-collar crime. The Special Investigations Service (STT) is another body in the country that investigates corruption, but the two bodies communicate little even though their work largely overlaps.

“Today we took a clear decision: the political will is still to legally tune the technical aspects. The STT and FNTT have access to research materials on various arrangements different to the tax inspectorate. Again different is the State Security Department,” Kubilius told reporters after a meeting with Cabinet.

Kubilius said this problem has been known to government for at least five years and that they have sought to remove the “monopoly” before.

Boreika resigned in March after being asked to leave by the Minister of Interior Raimundas Palaitis. He responded a week after the request with is resignation letter.

Following the meeting, justice minister Remigijus Šimašius warned that there would need to be serious thought put into the changes if they are to be secure and effective.

“The challenge today is how best to cooperate with intelligence. On the other hand, cooperation must be conducted so that the material wouldn’t move forwards and backward, without limitation. There shouldn’t be a single, large, general intelligence material warehouse, where anyone can access. If there were one, this means that some of the credibility aspects would decrease, and certain organizations could face legal problems,” Šimašius said. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]regularly in the news as the latest weather forecast.

According to Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius part of the problems related to financial and economic crime are caused by the fact that the FNTT has a “monopoly” on information that is isn’t willing to share with the other bodies, hampering the prosecution of white-collar crime. The Special Investigations Service (STT) is another body in the country that investigates corruption, but the two bodies communicate little even though their work largely overlaps.

“Today we took a clear decision: the political will is still to legally tune the technical aspects. The STT and FNTT have access to research materials on various arrangements different to the tax inspectorate. Again different is the State Security Department,” Kubilius told reporters after a meeting with Cabinet.

Kubilius said this problem has been known to government for at least five years and that they have sought to remove the “monopoly” before.

Boreika resigned in March after being asked to leave by the Minister of Interior Raimundas Palaitis. He responded a week after the request with is resignation letter.

Following the meeting, justice minister Remigijus Šimašius warned that there would need to be serious thought put into the changes if they are to be secure and effective.

“The challenge today is how best to cooperate with intelligence. On the other hand, cooperation must be conducted so that the material wouldn’t move forwards and backward, without limitation. There shouldn’t be a single, large, general intelligence material warehouse, where anyone can access. If there were one, this means that some of the credibility aspects would decrease, and certain organizations could face legal problems,” Šimašius said. [/private_subscription 1 year]

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