The government of Malawi, through the office of Director of Public Prosecutions, has withdrawn criminal cases involving the current Minister of Finance and Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, among others, who were answering charges of abuse of office and breach of procurement procedures.&nbsp;

The Government of Malawi withdraws criminal cases against key government officials

Ensure investigations and prosecution of all corruption cases that have stalled during the past five years, especially those involving state captors

The Financial Intelligence Authority has frozen the accounts of suspects in the Greenbelt Authority corruption scandal in a bid to recover some of the money that was misappropriated. The accounts hold money totaling to K9 billion

Financial Intelligence Authority seizes K9 billion

Prioritise on recovery of funds from perpetrators of corruption and financial crimes against the State

The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau has re-instated asset vetting and clearance before any ownership transfer as a preventive measure against corrupt property sales and transfers

Anti-Corruption Bureau re-instates asset vetting

Enhance corruption education and preventive measures as they are cheaper than investigation and prosecution of corruption

Improve the capacity of police to detect, investigate and competently prosecute cases

Increase financial and technical capacity of governance institutions

Increase technical capacity, funding, and staffing levels of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and ensure that appointments of the ACB Director General and officers are based on merit and are free from political interference

Strengthen the capacity of and collaboration among anticorruption bodies such as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), Office of the Director of Public Officers' Declarations

Increase efforts in educating the young generation in ethics, integrity, and evils of corruption. Schools and Universities need to have vibrant programmes to teach the youth on the evils of corruption

Conduct rigorous lifestyle audits, real time audits of critical projects and procurement deals as well as ensuring improved vetting procedures in relation to public contracts

Rollout deliberate systems that will eliminate the opportunity of corruption, such as digital management systems in all places of public service delivery to reduce discretion and human interaction

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The Government of Malawi withdraws criminal cases against key government officials