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According to TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index for 2017, Spain slid eight points to be one of the EU’s lowest ranked countries[2] due to a spate of high-profile corruption scandals over the last decade — with public procurement being particularly vulnerable[3]. Albeit, Spain has been actively combating corruption by amending its anti-corruption laws and by developing blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.
Spain amends its Anti-Corruption laws in accordance with OECD standards
“Integrity, transparency and the fight against corruption have to be part of the culture. They have to be taught as fundamental values” declared[4] Angel Gurría, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) secretary general.
After adopting new OECD-approved legislative measures to fight corruption and to promote transparency in political activities and institutions in 2015, Spanish law enforcement officials have been struggling to keep up[5] with the overwhelming caseload. Between July 2015 and September 2016, 1378 officials were prosecuted[6] for corruption, with another 29 convicted by Spain’s high court on May 24, involving the Gürtel corruption scandal, which is one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals in modern history. The court, in its 1687-page opinion, said Popular Party (PP) politicians participated in “an authentic and efficient system of institutional corruption via mechanisms to manipulate public tenders at the national, regional and local level,” most of it while Mariano
