Eleven days after remarks by the acting finance minister on the embezzlement of at least $8 million a day in the country’s customs, the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday said
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The anti-corruption agency is pursuing Sh25.5 billion worth of unexplained wealth from public officers.
Meanwhile, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday said it has already recovered assets worth Sh25 billion.
In collaboration with the DPP, the EACC secured convictions in 169 cases out of 275 corruption cases finalised in various courts.
Examples of high-impact cases involved nine former and current governors, Principal Secretaries, senators, MPs, and managing directors of state corporations among others.
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Sirisia MP John Waluke was convicted for a fraudulent acquisition of approximately $3 million.
The suspects in the case were convicted to 67 years imprisonment or a fine of $10 million each.
15 Govt Workers Suspended Amid Anti-Corruption Probe
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday said that it has suspended salary payments to at least 15 government officials for not registering their assets.
The commission’s head Abdul Qayoum Nizami said that the cases of three other government officials have been sent to the Attorney General for further investigations after misleading information was detected in their documents.
Meanwhile, findings of the commission also show that an Indian training firm had provided fake educational documents to nearly 3,000 Afghan students and some of them were already hired by government bodies with their fake documents.
“While the institution is not recognized in its own country, based on those fake documents, some of our employees got the job and the money,” said Abdul Qayoum Nizami, the head of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Daily. Several Right to Information applications and requests for review, carried out by the Office of the Information Commissioner, have proven fruitless as the report, compiled by PKF Integrity, remained locked away in the council vault. Repeated requests for access to the investigation report were knocked back, as it was now exempt having been used by the Crime and Corruption Commission, albeit briefly before the matter was handed back to the council. Requests for access to any complaints made during Mr Whittaker s tenure were also refused, with the council and the Office of the Information Commissioner refusing to confirm or deny the existence of the documents.
Human Trafficking Proceeds: Papul, family made over Tk 355cr
Finds a CID probe into money-laundering allegations against the independent lawmaker Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam Papul and his family members amassed more than Tk 355 crore mainly through human trafficking over the last several years.
The money was transacted through more than 500 bank accounts and Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs). Over Tk 130 crore is now available in these accounts.
The Criminal Investigation Department of Police has come up with the findings after a probe into the allegations of money laundering against the MP from Laxmipur-2 and his family members.