The Attorney General’s Office (AG Office) has stated that there are legal restrictions under civil procedure to asset recovery in cases of corruption, and claimed that existing laws have to be amended accordingly to resolve the issue.
AG Office’s statement was made during the Office’s presentation at the National Anti-Corruption Conference on 11th May 2017. The main objective of the paper presented by the AG Office was to analyze the challenges in recovering asset gained from corruption and to discuss solutions to them in an implementation perspective.
In addition, Attorney General’s Office’s paper asserted that with amendments to the Prevention and Prohibition of Corruption Act (Act No. 2/2000) and the Public Finance Act (Act No. 3/2006) currently in use, the State can claim the recovery of money indicated as stolen assets in Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation reports, even before a corruption conviction is made. AG Office’s paper also pointed out the difficulties in recovering money in cases currently in Court in which the State is entitled to claim for loss of funds as stipulated in the Public Finance Act (Act No. 3/2006).