Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau Ms Sintija Helviga Policy Planning Division.

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Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau Ms Sintija Helviga Policy Planning Division

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Definition of corruption The abuse of public office for private gain. (World Bank) For the purposes of the KNAB Law, corruption means bribery or any other action by a government official intended to gain a benefit or advantage for him/herself or other persons by means of his/her office or authority or by overextending same. Main indicators of corruptive crime in Latvia: person is a governmental official; the authority and power is misused; illegal benefit is gained. 3

Authority of KNAB Korupcijas novēršanas un apkarošanas birojs Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau Functions of KNAB regarding enforcement (Article 8 of the KNAB law): carry out investigation and operational activities to disclose criminal offences in the area of corruption in the public service, as provided in the Criminal Law. Institutional jurisdiction (Article 387 of the Criminal Procedure Law) Officials authorized by the KNAB shall investigate criminal offences that are related to violations of the provisions of the financing of political parties and criminal offences in the public service, if such offences are related to corruption. 4

KNAB investigates the following criminal offences: exceeding official authority abuse of official position failure to act by a public official passive bribery / misappropriation of a bribe active bribery / intermediation in bribery violation of restrictions imposed on a public official unlawful participation in property transactions trading with influence forging official documents and false official information disclosure of non-disclosable information financing of political parties in large amount / intermediation in financing of political parties 5

Number of criminal cases (and number of persons involved) forwarded for the prosecution to the Prosecutor’s General Office as well as number of initiated criminal proceedings in 2009 –

Guidelines for the Corruption Prevention and Combating Medium term anti-corruption policy document describing the current anticorruption policy, defining problems and stipulating tasks to be executed by various state institutions, implementation time frame for individual assignments, justification of the assignment and overall policy results to be expected in certain period of time. Policy paper shall be prepared describing the current competences of law enforcement institutions and further developments regarding possible changes of functions in order to improve detection of corruption cases in private sector. 7

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