Tuesday, July 1, 2014

New Moroccan body to combat corruption and bribery

The Moroccan government endorsed a bill creating a national body to ensure integrity by fighting and preventing bribery. The body will have financial independence. It will specialise in fighting bribery and corruption. Mustafa Al-Khalfi, Minister of Communication and the Moroccan government spokesman, said this national body converts the Central Authority for the Prevention of Corruption to "an independent specialised national body which has a legal nature and enjoys financial autonomy, with control and assessment of its terms of reference and powers by relating with the terms of reference of other bodies."

Read the story in Middle East Monitor.