14. Reiterates the need to develop a solid track record of investigations, prosecutions and convictions at all levels, including in high-level corruption cases; considers it essential to improve the efficiency of investigations and to provide sufficient resources, training and staff specialised in combating corruption, especially in the fields of public procurement, health, taxation, education, police, customs and local administration; encourages the participation and monitoring role of CSOs in the fight against corruption; calls for the systematic use of confiscation of criminal assets and convictions for money laundering and for the ...[+++] systematic use of financial investigations; invites the competent authorities to strengthen the existing legislation on the protection of whistleblowers;

My responsibilities are to research and draft responses for the commissioner, deputy commissioner, warden, and correctional investigator, and to develop convening orders for inquiries and investigations and action plans for both local and national investigations.

7. Expresses deep concern and condolences regarding the events that took place on 16 December 2011 in the Zhanaozen district of Kazakhstan where 16 people died and 110 others were injured; welcomes the establishment of a government commission to investigate into the events; calls on Kazakh authorities to follow through their announcement to conduct objective and transparent investigations in order to bring about reliable information of the events, to bring justice to those found responsible of abuse of office and to allow for international monitoring of the investigations; calls for unfettered access to be granted to international organisations and local civil soc ...[+++]iety organisations to the region;

A. having regard to the contents and recommendations of the report of the third fact-finding mission to Spain , approved by the Committee on Petitions on 11 April 2007, which investigated the allegations contained in a very large number of petitions concerning the abuse of the legitimate rights of European citizens to their property and detailed concerns in relation to sustainable development, environmental protection, water provision and quality, and public procurement generally in connection with insufficient control of the urbanisation procedures by local and regional authorities,

A local investigation had to be conducted by the Italian police in Naples for this scandal to start to be unravelled.

Redistribution of assets seized by police, which would allow local municipal police agencies to benefit from seizures made on local levels, would greatly enhance local drug investigations.