Anti-corruption monitoring: officials to be checked more carefully
The Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan has developed a new regulation on control measures to verify officials holding public positions. Document published on the website of the Ministry of Justice.
The regulation increases the number of inspections aimed at revealing corruption schemes when officials and their relatives conclude commercial transactions, purchase and sale of property. The document also expands the powers of people conducting relevant investigations.
New types of checks include regular monitoring of commercial transactions aimed at identifying officials owning businesses and offshore accounts, including through intermediaries.
In early May, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed the heads of the military and law enforcement authorities to make every effort to eradicate corruption and develop proposals for making appropriate changes and additions to the country's legislation.
The head of state gave such an instruction after the report of the Prosecutor General on the identification of a number of corruption schemes in the system of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations.
The new provision is aimed at improving the system of measures to prevent these offenses and a common understanding in society of the tasks and requirements of anti-corruption policy.
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