Kazakhstan establishes partnership with European anti-corruption fighters
The Anti-Corruption Agency of Kazakhstan can obtain observer status in EPAC (European Partners of Anti-Corruption) and EACN (European Anti-Corruption Network).
According to the press service of the Department, this became known during the 19th EPAC conference in Stockholm.
“EPAC / EACN are, first of all, high professional standards that bring together leading European anti-corruption bodies in order to strengthen cooperation, exchange practical experience in the fight against corruption, and provide mutual legal assistance.
Today, these organizations unite more than 50 anti-corruption agencies of the Council of Europe member states. The members of EPAC / EACN are the European Anti-Fraud Office, the British National Crime Agency, the Federal Anti-Corruption Bureau of Austria, the Central Anti-Corruption Service of France, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau of Poland and others.
“Kazakhstan took part in the conference as an invited party. The issue of obtaining the observer status in the EPAC / EACN by the Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan is being studied,” the report says.
Recall, as ACCA reported, in October of this year, Kazakhstan joined the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). The Anti-Corruption Agency notes that after joining GRECO, the Republic will be able to interact more actively with European anti-corruption organizations, such as EPAC / EACN.
“During the plenary and panel sessions, the participating countries presented the experience of combating corruption in various directions, including such as anti-corruption mechanisms and measures, whistleblower protection, corruption risks and preventive work, new approaches to anti-corruption education, and issues of combating corruption in customs migration areas, anti-corruption compliance, etc. The Agency intends to use the gained international experience in the course of elaboration of anti-corruption initiatives,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, while representatives of Kazakhstan report from high tribunes about their successes in the fight against corruption, the country’s officials continue to take bribes.
So, on December 23, in Almaty, the acting head of the territorial department for the execution of judicial acts of Bostandyk district of Almaty, A.N. Adilov, was convicted for receiving a bribe in the amount of $5000 from the director of a private company in order not to seize his property and not send case files to the law enforcement bodies on the fact of his failure to execute a judicial act.
By the verdict of court No.2 of Medeu district of Almaty, Adilov was sentenced to 2.7 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold positions in the civil service for life.
