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Vol.05 Issue02 2025
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Tasks of internal affairs bodies in the prevention of
corruption offenses
B.A. Ulugbekov
Deputy Head of the Institute for Advanced Training of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Uzbekistan
Received:
14 December 2024;
Accepted:
16 January 2025;
Published:
18 February 2025
Abstract:
In this article, the author thoroughly examines the opinions of legal scholars on the tasks of internal
affairs bodies in preventing corruption offenses and develops proposals and recommendations.
Keywords:
Internal affairs, public safety, maintaining public order, legitimate interests.
Introduction:
Today, the foundation of the large-scale
reforms being implemented in our country is ensuring
human rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests,
maintaining public order and ensuring public safety, as
well as preventing offenses. In this direction, the
prevention of corruption offenses and the fight against
them are of particular importance.
Specifically, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in his address to the Oliy Majlis,
emphasized that..."corruption in our society, in its
various forms, is hindering our development," "Unless
all segments of the population and the best specialists
are involved in the fight against corruption, unless all
members of our society are, so to speak, 'vaccinated
with integrity,' we will not be able to achieve the high
goals we have set for ourselves. We must transition
from combating the consequences of corruption to its
early prevention"[1].
It can be said that corruption poses a serious threat to
the social, economic, and political stability of any state,
the foundations of national statehood, and also serves
as a basis for a decrease in the trust of individuals and
legal entities in social justice, the rule of law, and state
bodies in the country. For this reason, the continuous
prevention and fight against corruption offenses in our
country is one of the main branches of large-scale
reforms being carried out, in particular, judicial and
legal reforms.
It should be noted that the word "corruption" comes
from the Latin word "corruptio," which means "to buy,"
"bribe"[2]. Also, "corruption" in Russian means
"bribery, betrayal of officials, political figures"[3], in
Slavic languages - "bribe," in Serbo-Croatian - the
predicate "corrumpirati" means "bribery, bribery," and
in Czech - the adjective "korrupenesku" means "selling,
treacherous"[4].
In particular, the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On
Combating Corruption" states that "corruption is the
unlawful use by a person of their official or service
position for the purpose of obtaining material or
intangible benefits in personal interests or the interests
of other persons, as well as the unlawful provision of
such benefits," and the United Nations Convention
against Corruption, adopted on October 31, 2003,
defines it as "corruption is the abuse of state power for
personal gain."
The concept of "corruption" has been given several
definitions by scientists. For example, according to B.I.
Ismailov, corruption is a crime related to the use of
official position for personal purposes. Corruption, in
most cases, is understood as the receipt of bribes from
citizens, the acquisition of illegal monetary income by
government officials for personal gain in order to
enrich themselves [7].
K.R. Abdurasulova defines corruption as "a set of
socially dangerous acts (for which liability is provided
for by the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of the
Republic of Uzbekistan) committed by persons
performing tasks of state importance and equivalent to
them, using their official powers or related
opportunities, for mercenary purposes or other
personal interests"[8]. Another foreign source notes
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that "corruption, its scale, characteristics, and growth
rates are a product of the country's political, social, and
economic problems"[9].
It can be said that today in our country, appropriate
measures are being implemented aimed at preventing
and combating corruption offenses, and these
measures are of particular importance, primarily
because they are aimed not at preventing and
eliminating corruption cases, but at preventing the
emergence
of
factors
that
allow
for
the
implementation of corrupt actions.
In addition, a solid legal framework has been formed in
our country, based on the Constitution, aimed at
preventing and combating corruption offenses,
carrying out democratic reforms in all spheres of state
building and administration, and maintaining security
and stability. In particular, in recent years, important
organizational and legal reforms have been carried out
in our country in the field of prevention and combating
corruption, which can be seen in the implementation of
systemic measures aimed at increasing the legal
awareness and legal culture of the population and
forming an intolerant attitude towards corruption in
our society. For example, the Law of the Republic of
Uzbekistan "On Combating Corruption"[10] of January
3, 2017, the Resolution of the President of the Republic
of Uzbekistan "On Measures for the Implementation of
the Provisions of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan
"On Combating Corruption"[11] of February 2, 2017,
and the Decree of the President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan "On Measures for Further Improvement of
the System of Combating Corruption in the Republic of
Uzbekistan"[12] of May 27, 2019, as well as the
creation of committees on "Anti-Corruption and
Judicial-Legal Issues" in the chambers of the Oliy Majlis
of the Republic of Uzbekistan, should be noted.
At the same time, in order to create a favorable
business environment in the country, increase the
effectiveness of the fight against corruption, enhance
the positive authority of our country in the
international arena, and also based on the tasks
defined in the Action Strategy for five priority areas of
development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-
2021, the "State Program for Combating Corruption for
2019-2020" was approved in Appendix No. 1 to the
Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
"On Measures for Further Improvement of the Anti-
Corruption System in the Republic of Uzbekistan," and
the updated composition of the Republican
Interdepartmental
Commission
on
Combating
Corruption was approved in Appendix No. 2.
In the Decree of the President of the Republic of
Uzbekistan dated September 11, 2023 No. UP-158 "On
the Strategy "Uzbekistan - 2030"[14] one of the goals
of the Strategy "Uzbekistan - 2030" is defined as the
accelerated continuation of work to increase the
effectiveness of the system for eliminating corruption
factors and the formation of an intolerant attitude
towards corruption in society. In particular, it is
advisable to note that as a result of these reforms, the
openness of the activities of state authorities and
administration is ensured, mechanisms for ensuring
public and parliamentary control are being improved,
the rights and legitimate interests of individuals are
being protected, and the legal framework for the
activities of law enforcement and judicial bodies is
being reformed.
It can be said that corruption negatively affects the life
of any state and society and hinders the proper
fulfillment of the state's social, economic, and political
functions. Therefore, we must assess corruption as a
threat to our national security.
In particular, the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On
Combating Corruption"[15] specifies the bodies and
organizations carrying out and participating in anti-
corruption activities in our country, one of which is the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of
Uzbekistan. In particular, the Ministry of Internal Affairs
of the Republic of Uzbekistan, within its competence in
accordance with the law:
- participate in the development and implementation
of state and other programs in the field of combating
corruption;
- carries out operational-search activities, pre-
investigation
checks,
inquiry
and
preliminary
investigation of corruption-related crimes;
- collects and analyzes information on the state of
corruption and the results of the fight against
corruption, provides the necessary information to the
relevant state bodies;
- considers appeals of individuals and legal entities
regarding facts of corruption and takes measures to
restore their violated rights and protect their legitimate
interests;
- participates in activities for legal advocacy among the
population, aimed at raising legal awareness, legal
culture in society, and strengthening legality;
- ensures the maintenance of records and analysis of
statistical data on corruption offenses;
- develops and implements measures to ensure the
timely prevention, detection and suppression of
corruption offenses, elimination of their consequences,
as well as the causes and conditions contributing to
them;
- interacts with other bodies and organizations carrying
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out and participating in anti-corruption activities;
- carries out international cooperation in the field of
combating corruption.
It should be noted that in recent years, internal affairs
bodies have also been carrying out systematic work to
prevent and combat corruption offenses in our
country. In particular, they regularly carry out legal
awareness-raising work on the formation of a culture
of preventing and combating corruption in society. The
reason is that the level of legal awareness and legal
culture of citizens plays an important role in preventing
and combating corruption offenses. In other words, by
raising legal awareness and legal culture in society, it is
possible to increase the social activity of citizens,
improve the system of legal education and upbringing,
and achieve a respectful attitude of all state bodies,
officials, and citizens to the law, which forms the basis
for preventing corruption offenses. In particular, if we
look at world practice, it is natural that if in a certain
state corruption offenses between its bodies and
officials increase and develop, if strict measures are not
taken against these cases in a timely manner, no matter
how powerful this state may be, no matter how much
underground and surface resources it has, its result will
be not only an economic, but also a political crisis. That
is, corruption offenses, as a rule, undermine public
trust in government bodies, negatively affect the
economic growth of the state, impede social justice
between individuals in the social life of society, and
lead to the disruption of the spiritual environment in
public life.
It should be noted that, according to current regulatory
legal acts, one of the main tasks of internal affairs
bodies is the further improvement of the prevention
and combating of corruption offenses, and it is
advisable for them to constantly implement the
following measures in these processes:
firstly, a systematic analysis of the causes and
conditions for the emergence of corruption offenses;
secondly, the development of measures to identify the
causes and conditions for the commission of corruption
offenses and ensure the prevention of these types of
offenses;
thirdly, constantly carrying out preventive work among
the population, the general public, and government
bodies to prevent and combat corruption offenses, that
is, increasing their legal awareness and legal culture;
Fourthly, in order to strengthen an intolerant attitude
towards corruption in society, conduct, on a regular
basis, in cooperation with civil society institutions and
the mass media, awareness-raising and promotional
work on combating corruption through briefings,
internet conferences, and television programs in the
mass media and internet resources.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, it can be said that it is necessary to
identify the causes and conditions that contribute to
corruption offenses in every sphere of social life of our
society and ensure that the elimination of these cases
by the roots is an important task of the first leaders of
these areas, to pay special attention to cooperation
with the general public in the prevention of corruption
offenses, to strengthen the fight against these offenses,
and to implement preventive measures with strict
intolerance to any offenses in this area. This requires
the improvement of legislation, the implementation of
comprehensive measures to prevent corruption, the
further democratization and liberalization of our work,
the formation of reliable mechanisms for protecting
human rights and freedoms, and serves the further
development of a democratic state governed by the
rule of law and a strong civil society in Uzbekistan by
ensuring cooperation, transparency, and openness
between the people, business entities, and
government bodies.
It is also advisable for internal affairs bodies to develop
measures aimed at increasing the legal awareness and
legal culture of citizens in state bodies, public
organizations, and all other spheres in the prevention
of corruption offenses, to constantly implement
measures to form an intolerant attitude towards
corruption and educate the younger generation in the
spirit of observance of the law, and in order to
determine the effectiveness of these measures, it is
advisable to compile statistical data on each sphere and
conduct anonymous surveys, and based on their
results, systematically carry out promotional work to
prevent corruption offenses in all spheres.
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