Armenpress. Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan has introduced the functions of the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission and the Anti-Corruption Committee – two agencies that will be created under the 2019-2022 Anti-Corruption Strategy – to lawmakers at the parliamentary committee on European integration affairs.
Badasyan said the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission will deal with prevention of corruption, while the Anti-Corruption Committee will investigate and detect corruption crimes.
He said that the General Prosecution will have a new division which will carry out supervision against the investigation. Under the 2019-2022 strategy Armenia will also have special Anti-Corruption Courts.
“We hope we will have appointed members already in September-October and this body will begin functioning,” Badasyan said regarding the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission.
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He said that by the creation of the Anti-Corruption Committee the entire range, composition and jurisdiction of the investigative and tactical intelligence bodies existing in the law enforcement system will be revised. The criminal code will have a complete list of crimes which constitute corruption, he said. Financial investigations and international cooperation, as well as raising the qualification level of personnel in these directions, will be especially focused on.
Committee staffers will undergo a background integrity check before assuming office.
The special courts which will administer justice in corruption cases will also be entitled to examine stolen asset recovery cases.
