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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has realised Tk 715.20 million from individuals convicted by court in different graft cases between 2013 and 2017, said ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Tuesday.
In the meantime, the accused were convicted in 550 graft and money laundering cases from 2013 to 2017 while the commission also fined the offenders Tk 2.02 billion, according to an ACC press release.
The ACC boss revealed these attending a session of the 'Implementation Review Group' of United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) organised at Vienna in Austria.
Mr Mahmood led the three-member Bangladesh delegation at the event held from November 12-14.
Citing ACC statistics, he said the anti-graft authority filed 189 cases on specific allegation of corruption and submitted 223 charge sheets to the court in the first 10 months of 2018.
Conviction rate in ACC cases stood at 68 per cent in 2017 which was mere 20 per cent in 2011, he said.
Mentioning that conviction rate in money laundering cases reached hundred per cent recently, ACC chief said since 2015, verdict in 23 money laundering cases were made by the court and defendants got punished in each case.
Referring to the country's 'zero tolerance stance' against corruption, Mr Mahmood said apart from inquiry and investigation, the commission also has taken many innovative steps to prevent corruption.
The commission has conducted 15 trap cases during this year, in which 18 government officials and staffs got arrested red-handed while taking bribes, he added.
He also described the measures taken on the graft allegations received through toll-free hotline-106 which were opened for all last year. The UNCAC session will continue till November 14 (Wednesday).