Uzbekistan delegation, headed by Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency, continues its visit to Switzerland. On July 4-5, the delegation held meetings with representatives of the Office of the Attorney General, the Federal Audit Office, Transparency International Switzerland, as well as the leadership of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Combating Corruption.

The main purpose of the meetings was to assess corruption risks in the system and establish mutual cooperation in the field of combating corruption.

The parties exchanged views in detail on the wide introduction of modern information technologies in the field of preventing corruption, the return of assets seized as part of crimes, control over the use of public funds and ensuring the transparency of this process, the system for reporting violations in the field of public procurement and mechanisms for cooperation with nongovernmental organizations in this area.

For reference: To date, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has frozen 6 billion euros of illegal funds, of which 2 billion euros are assets of representatives of foreign states.

The Interdepartmental Working Group on Combating Corruption is the body responsible for the development and implementation of Switzerland’s anti-corruption policy. It includes representatives of all government agencies at the federal level and the Office of the Attorney General.

Following the meetings, an agreement was reached on signing a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the Anti-Corruption Agency of Uzbekistan and the Swiss Interdepartmental Working Group on Combating Corruption in order to implement further cooperation.

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