The Attorney General of the Republic, Beatriz Buchili, revealed today in the Assembly of the Republic that last year the Public Prosecutor's Office registered 1,349 cases of corruption crimes, representing a reduction of 290 cases (21%) compared to 2022, when it registered 1,639 cases.

A total of 1,374 cases were dealt with, 966 were charged, 408 were closed and 622 were carried over to the next period, he said during the presentation of the annual report.

In the same period, 200 citizens were arrested as part of the prosecution activity, 185 of whom were caught in the act of committing corruption crimes.

"With regard to the most frequent legal types of crime, passive corruption for an illegal act, with 413 cases, was the one with the highest number, followed by active corruption, with 392, abuse of office or function, with 159; embezzlement, with 129; simulation of powers, with 81; and concussion, with 34," he said.

According to the prosecutor, the corruption cases involve a large number of civil servants from key sectors of the state and other professionals, namely PRM agents, education and health officials, magistrates, administrative and public prosecutors, lawyers and members of the National Criminal Investigation Service.

"In order to streamline the intervention of the Public Prosecutor's Office in the processing of corruption cases, ensuring speed and better quality of work, in 2023, the Central Office for Combating Corruption, Department of Investigation, Instruction and Criminal Action, started operating technical sections, which integrate magistrates and investigators, to deal with the investigation of the different legal types of crimes within the competence of the Central Office for Combating Corruption," he said.