Azeri prosecutor’s office reports on anti-corruption efforts in 2011
Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General's Office anti-corruption department has released figures on the outcomes of its anti-corruption efforts in 2011.
The body reviewed 1,084 complaints from citizens last year. Criminal cases were opened on 128 out of the 234 appeals and reports which concerned criminal activities, chief of the Department for Combating Corruption, Kamran Aliyev, said on Friday.
"In comparison with previous years, the number of... crimes related to taking bribes surged last year," Aliyev told a news conference.
Aliyev noted that 30 reports on instances of criminal nature were received from other law enforcement agencies in 2011. Nine of them came from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Justice each, one each from the Judicial-Legal Council, the Interior Ministry and the State Migration Service, four from the Ministry of National Security, and five from other bodies. Criminal cases on 25 of them were opened, and court rulings handed down on five of these cases.
Aliyev noted that four criminal cases were filed against five prosecutors in 2011. Six prosecutors faced disciplinary action and one was dismissed as a result of an investigation conducted by the Office of Internal Security.
President Ilham Aliyev on January 27, 2011 ordered to crack down on corrupt practices in government agencies.
Azerbaijan ranked 143rd among 183 nations in Transparency International’s 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
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