In the last six months, agencies commenced criminal proceedings against individuals involved in embezzlement crimes in 468 cases, an increase of two percent compared to the same period last year.

The agencies detected and investigates many major cases with particularly serious and complex crimes. In many cases, they found relations and close collusion between officials of ministries, branches and localities and private businesses in the fields of land management and natural resources and minerals exploitation, capital construction investment, and petroleum trading.

One of the serious cases included violations of regulations on exploring and exploiting natural resources; violations of regulations in accountancy, causing serious consequences; and smuggling that occurred at Thai Duong Group JSC, Vietnam Rare Earth JSC and relevant units.

Another example involved violations of regulations on accountancy, causing serious consequences, giving and receiving bribes, and abusing power and positions to cause serious consequences that occurred at Phuc Son Group and relevant units. 

The investigation agency also discovered the abuse of positions and power when performing duties that occurred at the Ministry of Industry and Trade and cities and provinces.

According to Tri, the Procuracy has exercised its right to prosecute, control and supervise the handling of more than 2,060 criminal sources about corruption, position abuse and business (+ 327 percent). It has solved and processed nearly 1,520 sources of information. Of these, the agency has decided to take legal proceedings against criminals in 854 cases (+ 367 percent).

The Supreme People's Procuracy Investigation Agency has prosecuted and conducted the investigation of 24 cases with 43 defendants on corruption and position crimes occurring in judicial activities.

Of the measures used to improve the quality of the handling of corruption and business cases, Tri noted effective cooperation with agencies to speed ​​up the litigation progress, especially cases monitored and directed by the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity.

The cases included violations of regulations on bidding that occurred at Viet A Company; swindling and appropriation of assets at Tan Hoang Minh Group, and embezzlement at Van Thinh Phat Group and SCB Bank.

In the last six months, VND10.135 trillion was taken back when implementing civil cases (18.8 percent). In Xuyen Viet Oil case, 134 savings books with VND1.32 trillion in deposits were seized.

In addition, prosecution agencies temporarily seized, distrained, or temporarily suspended the transactions of many other assets, including 1,386 real estate projects; 1.1 million shares; $7.1 million; 153 kilograms of gold; 7 oil tankers; 1,288,406 liters of DO oil; 227,204 liters of gasoline; 59,105 sq m of land; 1 yacht; and 17 land-use rights certificates.

Thu Hang