Anti-corruption authorities Article 6.1 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption establishes that “Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal system, ensure the existence of a body or bodies, as appropriate, that prevent corruption” and goes on to state in Article 6.2 that “Each State Party shall grant the body or bodies referred to in paragraph 1 of this article the necessary independence”. Article 36 of the same instrument establishes under the title “Specialised authorities” that “Each State Party shall ensure the existence of a body or bodies or persons specialized in combating corruption through law enforcement.” The United Nations Convention against Corruption is not the only instrument intended to ensure the existence of anti-corruption bodies and that these enjoy the independence they need (the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption of the Council of Europe for instance). Consequently, in compliance with the international obligations subscribed to, the existence of preventive and investigative anti-corruption bodies (and hybrids) has been adopted by legislators in Europe and the world over. The institutionalised models at the European level can be classified into three groups: Multi-purpose agencies Law enforcement type institutions Preventive, policy development and co-ordination institutions). In this section we include several European and international anti-corruption agencies, as well as some of the networks that these agencies have established to exchange experiences and expertise in the prevention and prosecution of corruption. Spanish Agencies LAW 11/2016, of 28 November, of the Generalitat, of the Agency of Prevention and Fight against the Fraud and the Corruption of the Valencian Community (in Catalan) Law 16/2016, of 9 December, creating the Office for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption in the Balearic Islands (in Catalan) Foral Law 7/2018, of 17 May, creating the Office of Good Practices and Anticorruption of the Foral Community of Navarra (in Spanish) Law 8/2015, of 7 August, amending Law 6/1985, of 24 June, on the Council of Accounts, and the revised text of the Galician Financial and Budgetary System Act, approved by Legislative Decree 1/1999, of 7 October, for the prevention of corruption (in Spanish) Law 8/2018, of 14 September, on Transparency, Good Governance and Interest Groups (Asturias) (in Spanish) Law 5/2017, of 1 June, on Public Integrity and Ethics (Aragon) (in Spanish) Government measure for the creation of the Office for Transparency and Good Practices (Barcelona) (in Catalan) Organic Regulation of the Municipal Office against Fraud and Corruption (Madrid) (in Spanish) Law 2/2021, of June 18, on the fight against fraud and corruption in Andalusia and protection of the person who report European agencies European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) Eurojust Europol Fiscalía especial contra la corrupción y la criminalidad organizada (Spain) Federal Anti-Corruption Bureau (BAK) (Austria) L’Agence française anticorruption (AFA), antigament Service central de prévention de la corruption (SCPC) (France) Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) (Italy) Serious Fraud Office (SFO) (United Kingdom) Conselho de Prevenção da Corrupção (CPC) (Portugal) Direcția Națională Anticorupție (DNA) (Romania) The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) (Latvia) Internacionals Agencies Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) (Austràlia) Internacionals Standards United Nations Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Anti-Bribery Working Group Council of Europe, Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) EU Anti-Corruption Report Internacional networks International Association of Anticorruption Authorities (IAACA) European Partners against Corruption (EPAC) Global Organisation of Parlamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) International Association of Prosecutors Anti-corruption agencies portals Valencian Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Fraud and Corruption Office for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption in the Balearic Islands Galician Accounts Council Madrid Municipal Office against Fraud and Corruption Barcelona Office for Transparency and Good Practices World Bank Anti-Corruption Authorities Portal United Nations The UN TRACK portal also has a list of anti-corruption agencies. Civil society Citizen Observatory against Corruption