Anti-corruption courts officially open

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has officially opened Anti-Corruption Courts in Harare and Bulawayo, with the prosecution, making an undertaking that any property acquired by the suspect through corrupt activities will be forfeited to the State upon conviction.

Speaking during the launch of the anti-corruption courts at the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday Prosecutor-General Ray Goba said the investigating agencies were now required to not only investigate and target the predicate criminal conduct, but also the assets.

“The motivation for corruption is always profit, investigating agencies are not required to only investigate and target the predicate criminal conduct, but also the assets and processes that are undertaken by criminals to conceal the illicit origins or tainted nature of those assets through money laundering.

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