Mission and principles

The Independent Authority Against Corruption is a special, independent government body charged with the responsibility to raise public awareness and educate the public about anti-corruption, carry out corruption prevention activities, conduct undercover operations, inquiries, and investigations to detect corruption crimes, and review and inspect the assets and income declarations of individuals required by this law.

Motto of IAAC

TOGETHER FOR A CORRUPTION-FREE SOCIETY.

Principles of IAAC

The Anti-Corruption Agency, with centralized management, will operate independently abiding by the principles of the rule of law, being autonomous and transparent, and confidential.

The Independent Authority Against Corruption implements and oversees the implementation of the Anti-corruption law, Regulation on Public and Personal Interests in Public Service and Prevention of Conflict of Interest Law, the Criminal Law, the Criminal Procedure Law, and conducts its activities in accordance with the Law on Budget, the Law on Sustainable Budget, the Labor Law, and other relevant legislation.

Functions

The Anti-Corruption Agency has the the following objectives:

• Organize corruption prevention and public awareness activities;
• Register, store, and inspect Declarations of Personal Interest and Income and Assets;
• Conduct intelligence gathering, inquiries, and investigations to detect corruption crimes.

The Anti-Corruption Agency shall exercise the following duties:

• Submit proposals to the respective authorities on adopting government anti-corruption policies and resolutions, and on further amendments to improve anti-corruption legislation;
• If it is determined that conditions conducive to corruption have emerged, and conflicts of interest exist, the Agency shall insist on revising or invalidating orders, decisions, procedures, and rules enacted by state bodies or officials;
• Obtain information, surveys, and reports from government bodies regarding their anti-corruption public education and corruption prevention activities;
• Obtain necessary information, surveys, explanations, definitions, and other documents from business entities, officials and individuals, free of charge, and review these materials while acquiring expert analyses and verifications;
• Conduct undercover work and cooperate with other agencies resposible for investigative and intelligence-gathering work to investigate and stop corruption offenses;
• Accept and inspect corruption-related complaints and reports;
• Investigate corruption cases under its jurisdiction;
• Collect data and information on matters pertaining to its functions and keep the information confidential;
• Take measures to ensure the security of the Agency and its staff;
• Obtain written guarantees from officials and individuals to maintain the confidentiality of information that they are exposed to during investigations. In the case of a violation of this guarantee, they shall assume responsibility according to legislation;
• Transfer information, irrespective of the specific corruption offence, identified during the course of investigative work, to the competent authorities;
• If necessary, place witnesses and other persons who assisted in anti-corruption work under police protection;
• Obtain from each respective authority the list of government officials required to declare their assets and income, and review the declarations;
• Supervise the competent organizations’ and officials’ adherence to the procedure for registering, storing, and monitoring asset and income declarations, and provide them with information;
• Oversee the submission of asset and income declarations by declarers, and impose penalties on those who fail to submit within the due time or deliberately provide false information;
• Prepare written guidance and recommendations on matters related to asset and income declarations;
• Cooperate with respective foreign and international organizations, and exchange information related to combating corruption; 
• The Department of administration is responsible for providing administrative support and funding for the IAAC to perform its duties and functions in accordance with the law.