The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has seized the property worth over $8 million owned by the accused of different lawsuits from 2013 to 2017.
The graft watchdog also realised fines over $25 million during the same period.
ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmood disclosed the figures while addressing the ninth session of Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Austria’s capital Vienna on Tuesday (Nov 13).
Mahmood said the ACC has filed 189 lawsuits and pressed charges in 223 cases from January to October of 2018.
Judicial penalty in ACC’s cases stood at 68 percent in 2017, which was at 20 percent in 2011 while all of its 23 money laundering suits witnessed the court’s verdicts, he added.
The ACC boss also informed the session of reforming the judicial process and different laws including the ‘Mutual Legal Assistant in Criminal Matter Act 2012’.
Began on Monday (Nov 12), a three-member delegation, led by Mahmood, took part the session, which will conclude on Friday (Nov 16).
The Implementation Review Group is an open-ended intergovernmental group of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
It is responsible for having an overview of the review process and consider technical assistance requirements for the effective implementation of the Convention.