State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes

The State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes[a] was a government agency tasked with investigating and preventing financial crimes and corruption in Kyrgyzstan from 2012 to 2021.

History

On 15 March 2012, Prime Minister Ömürbek Babanov announced that the Financial Police would be replaced by a new agency, the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes, as the sole state agency for investigating economic crimes in Kyrgyzstan.[1][2] In a bid to tackle corruption, applicants to jobs at the new agency were made to take an examination on live Kyrgyz Television.[3]

After years of operation, the government found that the agency was unsuccessful in its goal of preventing crimes and only performed punitive functions. Experts and business representatives also accused the agency of corruption and illegal interference. For these reasons, on 5 March 2021, Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov signed a decree liquidating the agency.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ Kyrgyz: Экономикалык кылмыштуулукка каршы күрөшүү боюнча мамлекеттик кызматы
    Russian: Государственная служба по борьбе с экономическими преступлениями

References

  1. ^ "Финансовая полиция при Правительстве КР ликвидирована" [Financial Police under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic liquidated] (in Russian). Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. 15 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Постановление от 15 марта 2012 года № 176 Об образовании Государственной службы по борьбе с экономическими преступлениями при Правительстве Кыргызской Республики (финансовая полиция)" [Resolution of 15 March 2012 no. 176 On the establishment of the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (financial police)] (in Russian). Centralized Database of Legal Information of the Kyrgyz Republic.
  3. ^ Umaraliev, T. (20 April 2012). "Kyrgyzstan televises anti-graft efforts". The Washington Times.
  4. ^ "Принято решение о ликвидации Государственной службы по борьбе с экономическими преступлениями при Правительстве Кыргызской Республики (финансовая полиция)" [A decision was made to liquidate the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Financial Police)] (in Russian). Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Постановление от 5 марта 2021 года № 71 О ликвидации Государственной службы по борьбе с экономическими преступлениями при Правительстве Кыргызской Республики (финансовая полиция)" [Resolution of 5 March 2021 no. 71 On the liquidation of the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (financial police)] (in Russian). Centralized Database of Legal Information of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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