Seminar on the prevention and fight against corruption

Details: Published: December 18, 2023

(from left to right) Latif Zhalov, Head of the Anti-corruption Department; OStA Dr Rüdiger Reiff, Head of the Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Attorney General Svetlana Artikova, Prof Dr Bijan Nowrousian, Münster Police Academy.

Uzbekistan

A seminar on the prevention and fight against corruption was held in Tashkent on 28-29 November 2023 to continue the anti-corruption consultations conducted in recent years by IRZ in collaboration with the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent City Prosecutor's Office. This seminar focused on the criminal liability of legal entities.

The 40 participants were high-ranking representatives from the relevant departments of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Anti-Corruption Agency, the Supreme Court, the Customs Authority, and potential investigators from the Academy of Law Enforcement Authorities.

The Uzbek speakers presented the anti-corruption reforms in Uzbekistan, in particular the priorities set and the successes achieved to date.

The experts from Germany provided an overview of the current situation in the fight against corruption in the Federal Republic, and set out the manifestations of corruption in the state and society and addressed the procedures, perpetrators and the damage.

The German contingent explored and discussed the topics of the detection of corruption, the legal protection of whistleblowers, (criminal) responsibility of managing directors and legal entities, compliance in companies and in the public authorities, asset confiscation in the event of corruption offences and the criminal liability of bribery of members of parliament in Germany