{"id":45813,"date":"2023-02-22T17:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/over-800-officials-held-accountable-for-corruption-in-2022-prosecutor-general\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"over-800-officials-held-accountable-for-corruption-in-2022-prosecutor-general","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45813\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 800 officials held accountable for corruption in 2022 \u2013 prosecutor general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 22, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarusian courts held 819 officials accountable for corruption in 2022, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied told the National Assembly. <\/p>\n<p> Twenty-one of them held top posts, he said, as quoted by the state media on February 22.<\/p>\n<p> The most common offences were theft by abuse of position and bribe-taking, the prosecutor general said.<\/p>\n<p> The convicts included a former minister, company executives&nbsp;and local officials, including district executive committee heads and their deputies. A number of criminal cases were filed against members of the president\u2019s talent pool.<\/p>\n<p> Corruption in Belarus worsened over the past year, according to the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compiled annually by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International.<\/p>\n<p>Belarus scored 39 points in 2022, ranking 91st together with Colombia and Moldova. It slipped nine places since 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 22, BPN. Belarusian courts held 819 officials accountable for corruption in 2022, Prosecutor General Andrej \u0160vied told the National Assembly. Twenty-one of them held top posts, he said, as quoted by the state media on February 22. The most common offences were theft by abuse of position and bribe-taking, the prosecutor general said. 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