FALCON Policy Brief 04: Recommendations for Combatting Border Corruption

This brief seeks to inform EU policymakers and officials in-volved in preparing legislation and policy initiatives to detect,prevent and combat border corruption.

Executive Summary

• While legislative frameworks governing public procurement measures are quite robust, the limited scope of their applicability restricts efforts in preventingcorruption.
• The effectiveness of surveillance technologies and border control systems depends on institutional integrity.
• Corruption is adaptive and evolves in response to new enforcement measures,requiring continuous risk assessment and corruption-sensitive implementation frameworks.

FALCON is funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Program GrantAgreement ID 101121281.

CENTRIC’s work is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant number 10078194]