2
Touching
briefly
the Operations Department,
the on
activities
of each of the shree departments during 1987,
have quoted suggest,
successful year,
a number
of
as the
figures
I
had another busy and
heavily involved
corruption
in
based
investigations. Of particular significance
was and
protracted
has
been
the co-operation.
with
other
law-enforcement
agencies.
For example, one
lc
Overseas Trust Bank notable case concerned the Overseas
in which
after 16 months
of
joint
officers of
of the Police and the ICAC,
effort by
the main
part of this enquiry was concluded and all the four major offenders were successfully prosecuted for fraud. In three drug related
drug related cases there Federal was very close co-operation with the
the United States
Bureau of Investigation of in respect of one of them and with the Customs and Excise Department here for the other two.
8.
le
la
the During
year
the
Corruption
Prevention Department completed 91 reports and papers on a wide range of subjects in the public and private sectors. Most of the pepartment's work concerned
departments, Government
for
involving
the
sale
of
structures,
the
example assignments buildings which have illegal control of social welfare subventions and film see that censorship. But it is encouraging to companies in the private sector have been taking a greater interest in improving their systems to reduce the
and
their
opportunities
as
management
So
for
corruption.
during the year
undertake
studies
For
was the pepartment
example,
invited to
to improve the procedures
of the Hong Kong School
of Motoring. Another
example was an assignment designed touting by solicitors' clerks.
to prevent
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