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BOLIVIA ADOPTS ANTICORRUPTION LAW  

BoliviaOn March 31, 2010, President Evo Morales signed the Law Against Corruption, Illicit Enrichment and Investigation of Fortunes, named “Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz”. This new law (Law No. 004), contains provisions related to the protection and recovery of public resources, through the fight against corruption. It also establishes standards and procedures within the framework of the Political Constitution of Bolivia, its Laws, Treaties, International Conventions, as well as the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, intended to prevent, investigate, prosecute and sanction, through the competent jurisdictional entities, the acts of corruption carried out by public servants in the performance of their functions, and natural or legal persons, public or private, foreign or domestic, who compromise of affect State resources.


Edition N° 35 - July 2010

What is the MESICIC?

The Mechanism For Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, known as MESICIC for its Spanish acronym, is a tool to support the development of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption through cooperation between States Parties.

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