Special department to detect corruption-related offences among heads of government agencies will be created in Kazakhstan, Toppress.kz correspondent reports citing Head of Strategy and Operational Management Department Nurlan Zhaksymbetov.
“One of the most pressing public requests today is to ensure control over targeted and efficient use of budgetary funds and inevitability of punishment for corrupt officials,” he said.
“To this end and in order to identify and combat grievous and extremely grievous corruption offences committed by high-ranking officials, a new operational unit is being created at the Agency. International experience has been taken into account as well. The unit will be called ‘Directorate for detection of corruption among leadership of central government bodies,” Zhaksymbetov noted.