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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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