Law No. 374 “On the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan.”

This Law defines the legal status, system, structure and organization of activities, rights and obligations, service in the bodies of the Agency, international legal cooperation, financial and material and technical support of the Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan. Agency for State Financial Control and Anti-Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan is authorized body of state financial control and law enforcement agency, exercises state financial control over efficient use of public funds and public property to ensure economic security of the state through investigation, prevention, detection, suppression of corruption offenses, disclosure, inquiry and preliminary investigation of corruption crimes, economic crimes of a corruption nature and crimes related to taxes, as well as other tasks provided for by this Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan. The Agency in its activities is subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and submits to the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (Parliament) of the Republic of Tajikistan once a year a report on the results of investigations and financial audits. The Agency shall perform the following tasks: (a) implementing state policy in the direction of combating corruption; (b) ensuring, within the framework of their powers, the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, economic security of the state, protection of the rights and legitimate interests of economic entities and the state; (c) implementing countering corruption in all branches of government, local public authorities and self-government bodies of settlements and villages, public associations, political parties, credit institutions, enterprises, institutions and other organizations, regardless of organizational and legal forms; (d) determining and implementing the procedure, forms and methods for analyzing corruption risks in the bodies of state financial control and combating against corruption; (e) implementing state financial control in all branches of state power, local government bodies and self-government bodies of settlements and villages, in state enterprises, institutions and organizations; (f) carrying out operational - search measures with the aim of prevention, prophylaxis, detection, suppression and disclosure of corruption crimes, economic crimes, crimes related to taxes and the search for persons who have committed similar crimes; (g) conducting an inquiry and preliminary investigation of corruption crimes, economic crimes of a corruption nature and crimes related to taxes; (h) carrying out state anti-corruption expertise of regulatory legal acts and draft regulatory legal acts; (i) coordinating the activities of anti-corruption bodies within the limits of their powers; (j) implementing international cooperation on issues related to the powers Agencies; and (k) implementing other tasks stipulated by the legislative acts of the Republic of Tajikistan.