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Financial sector makes efforts in anti-corruption

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General To Lam, who is also deputy head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, has lauded efforts of the Finance Ministry’s Party committee in the reclamation of assets in corrupt and economic cases.
Financial sector makes efforts in anti-corruption ảnh 1Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General To Lam, who is also deputy head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, speaks at the working session. (Source: tapchitaichinh.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General To Lam,who is also deputy head of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, haslauded efforts of the Finance Ministry’s Party committee in the reclamation of assetsin corrupt and economic cases.

Hemade the appraisals at a working session between the Central Steering Committee’sworking group No. 2 and the ministry’s Party committee in Hanoi on May 6.

Lam,who heads the working group, urged the ministry’s Party committee to work closelywith the Government Inspectorate and relevant agencies in building andperfecting anti-corruption policies and laws, and realising the UN Conventionagainst Corruption, thus raising the efficiency of the asset reclamation work.

Besides,it should join hands with competent agencies in fighting smuggling, tradefraud, tax evasion and money laundering, he said.

Accordingto the ministry’s Party committee’s draft report, between 2013 and September2018, 16 corrupt cases with corrupted money of 15.39 billion VND (661,654 USD)were uncovered in the tax sector, of which 4.56 billion VND (196,080 USD) was recovered.

Tax agencies transferred 551 cases violating legal regulations on taxation toinvestigation agencies, of which 119 faced legal proceedings and 348.6 billionVND (14.98 million USD) were retrieved.

Meanwhile,the customs sector directly commenced legal proceedings against 248 casesviolating legal regulations on the field with 1.03 trillion VND (44.29 millionUSD) worth of violated assets, and proposed the taking of legal proceedingsagainst 452 other cases. Officers in seven cases faced criminal charges and 62others were prosecuted.

Agenciesand units under the ministry have teamed up with competent agencies in seizing corruptassets, goods and objects, and blocked bank accounts in line with the law.

Theyhave paid attention to administrative reform and IT application in managementand instruction, contributing to preventing corruption in the financialsector.-VNA
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