One of the key anti-corruption activities is to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice. Corruption offenses are often committed by high-level executives at the decision-making level, and the failure to impose appropriate penalties on the perpetrators undermines public confidence in the government, and citizens start feeling that the law is not exercised impartially. Thus, increasing the level of corruption and negatively affects society as a whole.
Saudi Arabia creates network to combat global corruption
Talat Zaki Hafiz
June 10, 2021 01:11
Mazin Bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, president of Saudi Arabia s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), calls for global efforts against transnational corruption. (SPA file photo)
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In 2017, Saudi Arabia set up a rigorous and ambitious anti-corruption committee, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with the aim of purging the Kingdom of all kinds of dishonest dealings.
The committee launched a wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign resulting in the arrests of a large number of prominent Saudi nationals. When its mission came to an end in 2019, the committee was able to return more than SR400 billion ($107 billion) to the state treasury in the form of real estate, companies, cash, and other assets.
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem el-Mechichi’s firing of Imed Boukhris, President of the National Anti-Corruption Authority (INLUCC) has sparked widespread controversy on the political scene.
The visit came during his participation in the special session of the UN General Assembly against corruption, in which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced the launch of