Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime
Croatian anti-corruption organization
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The Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (Croatian: Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), better known as USKOK, is a specialized agency within the Croatian State's Attorney Office focused on investigations related to corruption and organized crime in Croatia.
CroatiaZagreb, Croatia
| Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta | |
|---|---|
Official seal | |
| Office overview | |
| Formed | 3 December 2001 |
| Type | Special body of State's Attorney Office specialized in fighting corruption and organized crime |
| Jurisdiction | Croatia |
| Headquarters | Branimirova 4 Zagreb, Croatia |
| Website | uskok.hr |
| Office executive | |
| Currently | Sven Mišković since 1 January 2026 |
USKOK was formed in December 2001 and its headquarters are located in Zagreb.[1] The bureau's name is a bacronym from uskok, a term used for a type of Croatian militia men, who fought with guerilla tactics against the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th and 17th centuries.
Since 2009, USKOK has a counterpart in the Criminal Police Directorate (governing the Croatian Police) which maintains the National Police USKOK (Croatian: Policijski nacionalni USKOK), as well as in the judiciary – the Court Departments for Criminal Cases in the Jurisdiction of USKOK (Croatian: Sudski odjeli za postupanje u predmetima kaznenih djela iz nadležnosti USKOK-a).[2] Described as "one of the world's most formidable anti-corruption outfits", the agency has prosecuted 2,000 individuals and achieved a 95% conviction rate in 2012, including former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.[3]
In its 2014 EU Anti-Corruption report, the European Commission commended USKOK's ability to execute impartial investigations but later noted in 2017 enduring problems concerning its political neutrality and independence from the Croatian government.[4][5]
