Bakur Abuladze, First Deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia, on Sunday said the Prosecutor’s Office pursued a “strict” policy against corruption crimes and noted the body had “significant, tangible results” in this regard.
Abuladze opened the international conference under the title Prevention of Corruption: Georgian Anti-Corruption Reform and International Practice, organised by the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau and the German Agency for International Cooperation, and pointed out the “crucial importance” of combating corruption in a democratic society.
At the event, which was also addressed by the Bureau's Head Razhden Kuprashvili and Sandra Schenke, the Director of GIZ in Georgia, the Deputy Prosecutor General highlighted the Prosecutor’s Office as “one of the main legal instruments” of the national system for fighting corruption.
The importance of effective communication and international cooperation between the state agencies to detect, prosecute and prevent corruption crimes was also emphasised by Abuladze at the conference, which was attended by local and international experts, judges, representatives of academic circles, business sector and civil servants.