ACC concluded 157 cases in the first quarter of 2019

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has concluded a total of 157 cases in the first quarter of 2019.

During the same period in 2018, a total of 288 cases were concluded respectively.

From the total cases concluded, 1 case was concluded to send to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) in the first quarter of 2019, also this number stood at 3 in the first quarter of 2018.

Based on the cases registered at the commission, some cases are concluded as no corruption element involved due to insufficient evidence and information. Likewise, during the first quarter of 2019, a total of 156 cases were concluded as such whereas, in 2018 this number stood at 285 respectively.

Furthermore, during the first quarter of 2019, 82 recommendations were provided to 47 government institutions, while in the same period of 2018, the number of recommendations provided to government institutions stood at 148.