Algerian government says 'centralisation will improve effectiveness of fighting corruption'.
ALGIERS - The Algerian government decided Wednesday to create a special anti-corruption agency to improve the country's ability to combat corruption.
The council of ministers approved the creation of a central anti-corruption office whose officers will be empowered to conduct investigations across the north African country.
"This centralisation will improve the effectiveness of fighting corruption inside the country, as well as facilitating, in the future, international cooperation with Interpol against this scourge," the government said in statement.
Algeria's parliament adopted a law in 2006 that called for the creation of a central anti-corruption agency as part of an overall national strategy to battle corruption.
Suspicions of corruption have swirled around the state-owned energy giant Sonatrach as well as the construction of a major highway in the west of the country.
ALGIERS - The Algerian government decided Wednesday to create a special anti-corruption agency to improve the country's ability to combat corruption.
The council of ministers approved the creation of a central anti-corruption office whose officers will be empowered to conduct investigations across the north African country.
"This centralisation will improve the effectiveness of fighting corruption inside the country, as well as facilitating, in the future, international cooperation with Interpol against this scourge," the government said in statement.
Algeria's parliament adopted a law in 2006 that called for the creation of a central anti-corruption agency as part of an overall national strategy to battle corruption.
Suspicions of corruption have swirled around the state-owned energy giant Sonatrach as well as the construction of a major highway in the west of the country.
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