Skip to content
ECONOMYMarkets · Policy · Power

NAB, Russia’s Prosecutor General Sign Anti-Corruption MoU

The memorandum creates a framework for cooperation on corruption, money laundering, mutual legal assistance and asset recovery.

RRohaanPublished 1 min read
NAB, Russia’s Prosecutor General Sign Anti-Corruption MoU
NAB, Russia’s Prosecutor General Sign Anti-Corruption MoU · NAB, Russia’s Prosecutor General Sign Anti-Corruption MoU

NAB and Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office sign an MoU in Islamabad on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, asset recovery and legal assistance.

Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Islamabad to cooperate against corruption and money laundering. The MoU was signed on Friday, November 6, by NAB Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmed and Russian Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan.

Areas of Cooperation

  • Exchanging experience, expertise and best practices on combating corruption and money laundering

  • Sharing information on legal systems and legislation

  • Consultations on mutual legal assistance in criminal cases and law-enforcement cooperation

  • Joint conferences, workshops, working meetings and round tables

  • Reciprocal expert visits, professional training and capacity building

  • Coordinated tracing and recovery of assets from corrupt practices and money laundering

  • Joint anti-corruption awareness initiatives for young people

  • Collaborative scientific research on combating corruption

The MoU aims to promote transparency, accountability and the rule of law through sustained cooperation between the two institutions.

Related stories