Frequently asked questions, FAQ

Corruption is illegal use by an individual of its official position for the purpose of obtaining material or non-material benefit in personal interests or for benefits of other persons, and equally illegal granting such benefit. Source: Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan ‘On Combating Corruption’

Corrupt offense is an act that contains signs of corruption committed by a person, for which the law establishes the liability. Source: Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan ‘On Combating Corruption’

Civil servants are obliged to notify their supervisor or law enforcement agencies of all cases of contacting them by any persons in order to induce them to commit offenses, as well as of any known facts of offenses committed by other civil servants. Source: Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of March 2, 2016, No. 62

Official is a person appointed or elected permanently, temporarily or by special authority, performing the functions of a representative of power or performing organizational, administrative and economic functions in government bodies, citizens’ self-governing bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations, regardless of ownership and authorized to perform legally significant actions, as well as a person exercising the specified functions in an international organization or in a legislative, executive, administrative or judicial body of a foreign state. Source: The Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The internal anti-corruption control system (compliance control) is an effective system that ensures the organization of the activities of government bodies, business entities and banks in accordance with international standards, laws and other regulatory legal acts in the field of combating corruption, which includes a number of preventive measures for the timely detection and suppression of corruption risks and conflicts of interest, reporting on violations of the law and corruption offenses.

Any willing can submit an appeal to the Anti-Corruption Agency through the website http://eanticor.uz, by e-mail info@anticorruption.uz, by calling the short number 1253 of the Call Center, by sending a written appeal by mail or by directly visiting the Agency’s office at - 8a, Shota Rustaveli Street, Tashkent.

The Anti-Corruption Agency does not have regional divisions.

The Agency is staffed with highly qualified specialists in the field of jurisprudence, economics, finance, taxes, audit, information and communication technologies and other specialties necessary for the implementation of the tasks assigned to the Agency. Source: Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of June 29, 2020, No. DP6013

Acceptance of a bribe is knowingly illegal acceptance by an official of a government body, an organization with state participation or a citizens’ self-governing body personally or through an intermediary of material values, or the extraction of material benefits for the performance or non-performance in the interests of the bribe giver of a certain action that the official should or could have committed using his official position. Giving a bribe is knowingly illegal provision to an official of a government body, an organization with state participation or a citizens’ self-governing body personally or through an intermediary of material values or property benefits for the performance or non-performance in the interests of the bribe giver of a certain action that the official should or could have performed using his official position. Source: The Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The subject of a bribe can be money, securities, material assets, as well as services provided free of charge, but subject to payment (for example, repair, restoration, construction work, etc.). Source: Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court, No. 19

The person who gave the bribe shall be exempted from liability if a bribe has been extorted against him and this person, within 30 days after the commission of the criminal acts, voluntarily declared what had happened, sincerely repented and actively contributed to the disclosure of the crime. Source:The Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan

A person may be brought to criminal, administrative, disciplinary and civil liability for corrupt behavior, depending on the nature of the act. As part of the administrative liability: entails the imposition of a fine of up to 30 base calculated amount (articles 193¹ and 193² of the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan); entails the imposition of a fine from five to ten base calculated amount (articles 61 and 61¹ of the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan). As part of criminal liability: is punishable by a fine of up to 600 base calculated amount (part three of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan); is punishable by deprivation of a certain right up to 5 years (part one of Article 206 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan); is punishable by correctional labor up to 3 years (part two of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan); is punishable by compulsory community service up to 360 hours (part two of Article 192¹¹ of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan); is punishable by restraint of liberty up to 5 years (part one of Article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan); is punishable by imprisonment up to 15 years (part three of Article 210 and part three of Article 211 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan). As part of disciplinary liability: According to the Labor Code, disciplinary sanctions such as a reprimand, a fine in the amount of not more than thirty percent of the average monthly salary and termination of the employment contract can be applied. Source: Criminal Code, Labor Code and Administrative Liability Code.

Anti-corruption expertise is a set of measures aimed at identifying corruption factors in legal acts and their drafts, developing recommendations and taking measures aimed at eliminating the identified corruption factors. Source: Order of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan of February 24, 2021

The Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan is staffed with highly qualified personnel with practical experience in the field of anti-corruption, capable of performing the tasks assigned to the Agency at a professional level. Deputy Directors of the Agency are appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the proposal of the Agency Director. Detailed information about the procedure for employment and vacancies can be found at the linkhttp://anticorruption.uz/uzc/item/vacancies