Corruption costly to economy � DCEC

Seemule said this during the law enforcement workshop that was conducted by the DCEC for the Chinese business community here on Sunday. The workshop was attended by officials from the immigration department, labour department, Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS), bye-law and the police who all gave presentations during the session. The impact of corruption, Seemule said, could come in the form of loss of revenue to the country, cost and loss of profits to businesses and illegal trade dealings.

“…There is a great danger of corruption destroying the corporate image and reputation of your businesses if they are implicated in corrupt activities. It is thus clear that the DCEC and other oversight institutions cannot act alone in their quest to fight corruption,” he said.