DCEC Sharpens Teeth

Rose Seretse
Rose Seretse

The corruption-busting agency, the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has developed new guidelines for conducting preliminary enquiries to tighten grip on corrupt officials in public institutions.

The guidelines have been developed to enhance the work of Anti Corruption Units (ACUs) which were established in 2010 with a primary responsibility to carry out preliminary enquiries on received allegations of corruption and related activities within Ministries.

According to the guidelines report, one of the reasons that led to the preparation of the guidelines was in recognition of the challenging circumstances and environment under which ACUs operate. The document contains detailed information on various aspects of information processing and analysis emanating from receipt to final output levels of an enquiry process.

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