Binh admitted that the work has yet to be done strictlyalthough 40% of the assets were recovered over the past decade.
The roadblock lies with the process to prove thatthe assets are acquired from corruption cases, he said, stressing the need toraise the efficiency of investigations and quickly seal off the assets to speedup the work.
He, however, pointed to a host of obstacles such asthe assets in major corruption cases scattered in different localitiesnationwide, and the time needed to trace asset origin.
The judicial sector will work to better implementDirective No. 04-CT/TW issued by theParty Central Committee’s Secretariat on June 2, 2021 on enhancing the Partyleadership over the recovery of assets stolen and lost in corruption and economiccases, while following instructions by the Central Steering Committee onPrevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena, he said.
He called on people-elected agencies, thelegislature and its deputies to enhance their supervisions to prevent assetconcealment.
According to a report by the Supreme People’s Court,12,244 corruption and economic cases were handled between 2018 and 2022, with25,144 individuals involved. /.