Criminal prosecution brought against 99 civil servants for corruption in 9 months of 2023
“The effective fight against corruption is an especially important task in a democratic society, as corruption threatens the rule of law, democracy and human rights”, the Prosecutor’s Office said. Photo via Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia
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The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia launched an investigation in 117 criminal cases committed in the civil sector and criminal prosecution against 99 civil servants for corruption over the nine months of 2023, the state body said on Saturday.
Seventy-eight individuals were found guilty of corruption in the civil sector by the court during the 9 months, the body stated on International Anti-Corruption Day, marked annually since the adoption of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption in 2003.
Ten of the civil servants were high-ranking officials at the time of committing the crime, the body added.
The Prosecutor’s Office also initiated an investigation on five reports, out of nine, sent from the State Audit Office, which is the supreme audit institution promoting legal, efficient and effective spending of public funds.
The effective fight against corruption is an especially important task in a democratic society, as corruption threatens the rule of law, democracy and human rights”, the Prosecutor’s Office said.
The state body also noted that fighting corruption was named as “one of the main priorities” in the 2022-2027 strategy and action plan of the Office, stressing this crime deserves “special attention due to its specificity and the degree of public danger”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday said the country marked the International Anti-Corruption Day with the positions of a regional and international leader in this regard.
Paweł Herczyński, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Saturday said the European Commission’s “historic” recommendation, last month, to grant the country the EU membership candidate status was an “acknowledgement” of Georgia’s progress in the fight against corruption.
Georgia’s Deputy Finance Minister Mikheil Dundua on Tuesday highlighted the country’s selection in the 41st spot among 180 countries and territories in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index report for 2022.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said his country had ranked ahead of 11 European Union and 13 NATO member states in the recently published World Bank’s Control of Corruption Index.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday congratulated civil servants across the country on their professional day by calling their contribution to the development of democratic institutions in the country as well as economic, social, political progress “invaluable”.
The professionals of the Department of Criminal Prosecution for Corruption Crimes of the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia have arrested the former police Head and his Deputy on corruption charges, the state body said on Saturday.